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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0259

Published: Mar 14, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0259
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

phpBB 2.0.11, and possibly other versions, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files by providing both a local and remote location for an avatar, then modifying the Upload Avatar from a URL: field to reference the target file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.6c (including)2.0.6c (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.6d (including)2.0.6d (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.7a (including)2.0.7a (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.8a (including)2.0.8a (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0_beta1 (including)2.0_beta1 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0_rc1 (including)2.0_rc1 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0_rc2 (including)2.0_rc2 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0_rc3 (including)2.0_rc3 (including)
PhpbbPhpbb_group2.0_rc4 (including)2.0_rc4 (including)

References

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