Re: phpBB 2.0.8a and lower - IP spoofing vulnerability

Dear Ready Response,

--Monday, April 19, 2004, 4:01:29 AM, you wrote to bugtraq_at_securityfocus.com:

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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