Re: phpBB 2.0.8a and lower - IP spoofing vulnerability

[3APA3A <3APA3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Ready Response,

--Monday, April 19, 2004, 4:01:29 AM, you wrote to bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

RR> the  users IP address in the common.php script. This issue is caused
RR> by blind trust of the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. A remote attacker

This  issue  is very common for different BBs (for example Iconboard has
same problem), in addition to IP spoofing it's usually possible to cause
crossite  scripting  by  inserting  script  into forgery X-Forwarded-For
header.

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