CVE-2005-4358

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

admin/admin_disallow.php in phpBB 2.0.18 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request with a non-empty setmodules parameter, which causes an invalid append_sid function call that leaks the path in an error message.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.18

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113484567432679&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18125
http://secunia.com/advisories/18252
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/29
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/269
http://www.osvdb.org/21804
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=352966
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420537/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2991
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0010
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113484567432679&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18125

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