PunBB 1.3 Bugs
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PunBB 1.3 bugs
- Moderation bugs:
- Markup and language file issues (no hotfixes will be released if the bug results no errors):
- Incorrect markup of the “download latest version” link (fixed).
- Markup issues in the guest post form in post.php, reported by Adelf (fixed in [900]).
- Markup issues in install.php (fixed in [901]).
- Underline is working as italics (post by User33, fixed in [922]).
- Incorrect message
you must copy/upload the file .htaccess from the extras directory
in forum settings (topic by esupergood, fixed in [923]). - Make “new hotfixes” message more informative, see Forums topic by colak for details (fixed in [923]).
- Breadcrumbs: Lack of link on topic subject ⇒ no topic permalink at all! (fixed in [924])
- Wrong appearing of 'sticky' word in search results, reported by teva and User33 (fixed in [910] and [928]).
PunBB 1.3.1 bugs
- Parser bugs
- Sequrity issues (reported by Stefan Esser, hotfixes have been released):
- There is no ' class=“isactive”' in the Profile link in the main navigation menu (fixed in [964]).
PunBB 1.3.2 bugs
- User count in user search results is displayed incorrect (reported by 8k84, fixed in [1065]).
- Messages in feeds are shown as they are stored in DB, without parsing (reported by alpha2zee, fixed in [1070]).
- The usage of language pack at the final stage of installing process (reported by Dan_y2k, fixed in [1108]).
- Incorrect HTTP response code (503 instead 404) for non-existent pages when SEF is enabled (reported by commanche, fixed in [1118]).
PunBB 1.3.3 bugs
- Inverse numbering of previous posts on post preview (reported by maststef, fixed in [1162]).
- Possible XSS vulnerability in profile.php on password and e-mail change (reported by Richard Sammet, fixed in [1164], hotfix hotfix_133_xss_attack_in_profile released).
PunBB 1.3.4 bugs
- Seems like checking of csrf tokens does not involve correspondent timeout in a right way (fixed in [1325], fix by bedroom).
- One can't post in a forum if there is only post permission (reported by Cereal).
- Unsubscribe CSS issue: https://punbb.informer.com/forums/post/122868/#p122868
- Just after installing the 'online' table takes a lot of diskspace on some systems (for example, 1.6 Mb on PHP: 4.4.9, Accelerator: eAccelerator, DB: MySQL Standard 4.1.22; see also a topic on forums).
- Updating script (
admin/db_update.php
) issues?
PunBB 1.3.5 bugs
- CSS & markup.
- Missing lang entries on language files.
- Correct path and alerts on install.
- Fixed typos and more.
PunBB 1.3.6 bugs
- XSS vulnerabilities described on https://punbb.informer.com/forums/post/141236/#p141236
- Error with bans in admin/bans.php and profile.php
- Invalid closing tag described on issue #32.
Security issue details
We provide the details of some fixed security bugs here.
Possible XSS in moderate
A topic title was not converted to HTML in forum moderation. A user could steal moderator's & administrator's session by injecting JavaScript in the topic title.
- Forum versions vulnerable: PunBB 1.3
- Vulnerability type: XSS
- Fixed in [909].
- Hotfix hotfix_13_moderate_xss released.
Possible XSS in login
Password field value (set directly from POST-request) was not properly escaped, so that one could use it to execute JavaScript. CSRF confirm message would be displayed.
- Reported by Stefan Esser.
- Forum versions vulnerable: PunBB 1.3, PunBB 1.3.1.
- Vulnerability type: XSS
- Fixed in [962].
- Hotfix hotfix_131_xss_attack_in_login released.
Potential SQL-injections at admin/users.php page
The values of $_POST['order_by']
and $_POST['direction']
were escaped, but not logically checked before using in SQL query at the Administration
⇒ Users
page. One could execute any SQL query via making administrator to send a POST-request (e.g. giving him a link to the specially formed page). CSRF confirm message would be displayed.
- Forum versions vulnerable: PunBB 1.3, PunBB 1.3.1.
- Reported by Stefan Esser.
- Vulnerability type: SQL injection
- Fixed in [963].
- Hotfix hotfix_131_sql_injection_in_admin_users released.
Potential SQL-injections in admin/settings.php via configuration values
The values of configuration options were not checked before using in SQL query at Administration
⇒ Settings
page. One could execute any SQL query via making administrator to send a POST-request (e.g. giving him a link to the specially formed page). CSRF confirm message would be displayed.
- Forum versions vulnerable: PunBB 1.3, PunBB 1.3.1.
- Reported by Stefan Esser.
- Vulnerability type: SQL injection
- Fixed in [965].
- Hotfix hotfix_131_sql_injection_in_admin_settings released.
See also
Links
- PunBB 1.3 bug reports forum in PunBB Forums.