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UseBB Multiple Vulnerabilities

Advisory: UseBB Multiple Vulnerabilities
Application: UseBB 0.5.1
Severity: Multiple SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities may
result in disclosure of administrators credentials.
Risk : High
Vendor Status: Vendor has released an updated version
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Desc: Invision PowerBoard 1.3.x - 2.x Privilege escalation through SQL injection
Risk: High
Invision PowerBoard exploit

Hi everyone,
phpBB Group announces the release of phpBB 2.0.16. This release addresses
some bugfixes and one critical security issue. To fix this, please apply
the following change: In viewtopic.php
Find:
$message = str_replace(’”‘, ‘”‘,
substr(@preg_replace(’#(>(((?>([^>< ]+|(?R)))*)’ . $message . ‘< '), 1, -1));
Replace with:
$message = str_replace('"', '"',
substr(@preg_replace('#(>(((?>([^>< ]+|(?R)))*)’ . $message .
‘< ‘), 1, -1));
We urge you to update [...]