PT-2005-5043 · Phpbb · Phpbb

Cxib8O3 + 1 · Published 2005-12-20 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-4357

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB version 2.0.18

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When the "Allowed HTML tags" option is enabled, remote attackers can inject arbitrary Javascript code via permitted HTML tags that contain quote characters and active attributes, such as onmouseover.

Recommendations For phpBB version 2.0.18, consider disabling the "Allowed HTML tags" option to prevent the injection of malicious Javascript code until a patch is available. Restrict access to HTML tags with active attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4357

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 12

• 🔥 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/269 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4357 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18125 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/420537/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18252 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113484567432679&w=2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4357 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/29 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2991 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0010 · Note
• http://phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=352966 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21803 · Note