CVE-2005-2086
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 85.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- phpBB viewtopic.php Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/phpbb_highlightRank excellentdisclosed 12 Nov 2004
Exploit-DB2 entries
- phpBB - 'viewtopic.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16890webapps, phppublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- phpBB 2.0.15 - PHP Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1113webapps, phppublished 19 Jul 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
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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)
- 85.4% · top 0.3% 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
2
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=302011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050628 Security Advisory - phpBB 2.0.15 PHP-code injection bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2005-2088 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2086)Record last updated .