PT-2005-4328 · Phpbb · Phpbb

Published 2005-12-22 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-3537

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB versions prior to 2.0.18

Description A "missing request validation" error allows remote attackers to edit private messages of other users, probably by modifying certain parameters or other inputs.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.18, update to version 2.0.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to private message editing functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3537

DSA-925-1

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 5

• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15246 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3537 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3537 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18098 · Note