CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4135

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A direct static code injection vulnerability in SimpleBBS 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Host header, which is written to data/topics.php.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take control of the server by executing arbitrary system commands, leading to full compromise of the application and data.

Recommendation

Immediately update SimpleBBS to the latest version or apply a security patch that filters shell metacharacters in the Host header.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Direct static code injection vulnerability in includes/newtopic.php in SimpleBBS 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Host header (possibly the name parameter or variable), which is then written to data/topics.php.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS