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Title : phpBB Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1236
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1766
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-16

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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in phpBB, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain knowledge of sensitive information.

The first issue is caused by an error in the memberlist feature, which could allow unauthorized users to search the memberlist by email address, leading to information disclosure.

The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the private message attachment handling feature, which could allow unauthorized users to view other users' PM attachments

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by evil3 and AlleyKat.

ChangeLog

2008-04-16 : Initial release

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