CVE-2006-5610
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in player/includes/common.php in Teake Nutma Foing, as modified in Fully Modded phpBB (phpbbfm) 2021.4.40, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRemote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in player/includes/common.php allows attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code by supplying a malicious URL via the phpbb_root_path parameter, which is then included and executed by the vulnerable PHP include() or require() function.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2021.4.40CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Fully Modded Phpbb is installedSearch your web server's document root for Phpbb installation directories or check your installed web applications inventoryAffected if Fully Modded Phpbb is present on the server
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Check the installed version of Fully Modded PhpbbLocate version information in the Phpbb installation (typically in a version file, config, or footer) and compare against 2021.4.40Affected if The installed version matches 2021.4.40
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Verify the presence of the vulnerable fileCheck if the file path player/includes/common.php exists within the Phpbb installation directoryAffected if The file player/includes/common.php exists in the Phpbb installation
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Inspect the vulnerable include statementExamine the content of player/includes/common.php and locate include() or require() statements that use the phpbb_root_path parameter without sanitizationAffected if The file contains an include/require statement using phpbb_root_path that accepts unsanitized user input
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Verify PHP remote inclusion settingsCheck PHP configuration for allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include settings (typically in php.ini or .htaccess)Affected if allow_url_fopen or allow_url_include is enabled, allowing remote file inclusion attacks to succeed
A user is affected if Fully Modded Phpbb version 2021.4.40 is installed with the vulnerable player/includes/common.php file present and PHP's remote inclusion settings enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove or properly sanitize the phpbb_root_path parameter in the include statement, and consider disabling PHP's allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include settings to prevent remote file inclusion attacks.
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