CVE-2005-3518
SQL injection vulnerability in search.php in PunBB 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in search.php in PunBB 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the old_searches parameter.
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
- PunBB 1.2.x - 'search.php' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26350webapps, phppublished 15 Oct 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
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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)
- 3.3% · top 12% 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
8
- http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.8_to_1.2.9.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20051014 [KAPDA::#6] Punbb SQL Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-91.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- punbb-oldsearches-sql-injection(22760) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 87 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2005-3517 (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-2005-3518)Record last updated .