Description
phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113081113317600&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18098
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/130
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015121Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_172005.75.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/20413
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15243Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113081113317600&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18098
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/130
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015121Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_172005.75.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/20413
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15243Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 1, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified