bugtraq - Re: phpBB Worm

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Message-ID: <20041224161026.27228.qmail@www.securityfocus.com>
Date: 24 Dec 2004 16:10:26 -0000
From: <steve@...ime.org.uk>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: phpBB Worm

In-Reply-To: <20041223125859.GE3029@...lund.de>

>This assumes you're seeing GET-requests, but there are other ways 
>(e.g. POST) to exploit such code.

Whilst I understand your point, it should be noted that this vulnerability in phpBB is susceptible only to GET-based attacks: the vulnerable data is sourced from $HTTP_GET_VARS.