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CVE-2005-4357
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.18, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.18, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via a permitted HTML tag with " (quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 20051217 phpBB 2.0.18 XSS and Full Path Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051230 phpbb2.0.19 fixes security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=352966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/269 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051217 phpBB 2.0.18 XSS and Full Path Disclosure (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2005-4352 (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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