CVE-2005-1193
The bbencode_second_pass and make_clickable functions in bbcode.php for phpBB before 2.0.15, as used in viewtopic.php, privmsg.php, and…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 16.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The bbencode_second_pass and make_clickable functions in bbcode.php for phpBB before 2.0.15, as used in viewtopic.php, privmsg.php, and other scripts, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via a BBcode tag with a (1) javascript:, (2) applet:, (3) about:, (4) activex:, (5) chrome:, or (6) script: URI scheme, as demonstrated using the URL tag.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpBB 2.0.x - 'BBCode.php' URL Tag (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25628webapps, jsppublished 9 May 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.4% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 1014117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#113196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 15298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13545 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050508 phpbb 2.0.15 released - patches high critical vuln (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=288194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://castlecops.com/t123194-.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050507 phpbb 2.0.15 released - patches high critical vuln (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1013918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- phpbb-url-bbcode-file-include(20574) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 16439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1196 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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