Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1171

RCE

Title: Phpbb 123 Flash Chat Module RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1171.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Mar 05, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.13%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1171: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the 123 Flash Chat Module for phpBB allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter to (1) 123flashchat.php and (2) phpbb_login_chat.php. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because $phpbb_root_path is explicitly set to "./" in both programs

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3716 http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-March/001913.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488914/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488922/100/0/threaded http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3716 http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-March/001913.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488914/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488922/100/0/threaded

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1171 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 05, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.