phpBB < 3.08 HTML Injection Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:phpbb:phpbb";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100922");
  script_version("2026-05-21T06:54:30+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-05-21 06:54:30 +0000 (Thu, 21 May 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-30 12:57:59 +0100 (Tue, 30 Nov 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("phpBB < 3.08 HTML Injection Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_phpbb_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("phpbb/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"phpBB is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability because it
  fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script
  code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow
  the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, control how the site is rendered
  to the user, or launch other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"phpBB prior to version 3.0.8.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.0.8 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45005");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v307-PL1");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"3.0.8" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.0.8", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );