# CVE-2008-1862: ExBB Italia 0.22 and earlier only checks GET requests that use the QUERY\_STRING for certain path manipulations, which allows remote attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2008-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ExBB Italia 0.22 and earlier only checks GET requests that use the QUERY_STRING for certain path manipulations, which allows remote attackers to bypass this check via (1) POST or (2) COOKIE variables, a different vector than CVE-2006-4488. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct PHP remote file inclusion attacks via a URL in the (a) new_exbb[home_path] or (b) exbb[home_path] parameter to modules/threadstop/threadstop.php.

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29739
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41708

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