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CVE-2006-2220

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

phpBB 2.0.20 does not properly verify user-specified input variables used as limits to SQL queries, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a negative LIMIT specification, as demonstrated by the start parameter to memberlist.php, which reveals the SQL query in the resulting error message.

Affected products

• phpBB: 2.0.20

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114695651425026&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114731067321710&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=114685931319903&w=2
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/837
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26306
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114695651425026&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114731067321710&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=114685931319903&w=2
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/837
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26306

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