CVE-2008-1171

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the 123 Flash Chat Module for phpBB allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter to (1) 123flashchat.php and (2) phpbb_login_chat.php. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because $phpbb_root_path is explicitly set to "./" in both programs

Affected products

phpBB 123 Flash Chat Module: all versions

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3716
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-March/001913.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488914/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488922/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3716
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-March/001913.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488914/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488922/100/0/threaded

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