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Re: phpBB Worm

From: <steve () uptime org uk>
Date: 24 Dec 2004 16:10:26 -0000

In-Reply-To: <20041223125859.GE3029 () schlund de>

This assumes you're seeing GET-requests, but there are other ways 
(e.g. POST) to exploit such code.


Whilst I understand your point, it should be noted that this vulnerability in phpBB is susceptible only to GET-based 
attacks: the vulnerable data is sourced from $HTTP_GET_VARS.

Current thread:

Re: phpBB Worm, (continued)
- - Re: phpBB Worm Sebastian Wiesinger (Dec 22)
    - Re: phpBB Worm William Geoghegan (Dec 23)
  - Re: phpBB Worm Anders Henke (Dec 23)
- RE: phpBB Worm Paul Kurczaba (Dec 21)
- Re: phpBB Worm Alexander Klimov (Dec 22)
- Re: phpBB Worm ycw1bh302 (Dec 22)
  - Re: phpBB Worm Alvin Packard (Dec 23)
  - Re: phpBB Worm Anders Henke (Dec 23)
- RE: phpBB Worm Ofer Shezaf (Dec 23)
  - RE: phpBB Worm Chris Ess (Dec 25)
- Re: phpBB Worm steve (Dec 24)
  - Re: phpBB Worm Raymond Dijkxhoorn (Dec 24)
    - new phpBB worm affects 2.0.11 Herman Sheremetyev (Dec 25)
- Re: phpBB Worm Zeljko Brajdic (Dec 25)