CVE-2007-5173

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2007-5173 · Published 03/10/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-5173 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting openid (openid).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openid openid	`= 0.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/openid/Auth/OpenID/BBStore.php in phpBB Openid 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the openid_root_path parameter.

References

osvdb.org/37419
secunia.com/advisories/27001
securityfocus.com/archive/1/481215/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/25867 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3330
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36876
exploit-db.com/exploits/4471

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