CVE-2005-1586 — Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files

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Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files

Published May 14, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.39%

Description

Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.39% 0.01388

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01388

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.39% (0.01388)	71.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.39% (0.01388)	68.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.47% (0.00475)	62.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.57% (0.00569)	78.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.28% (0.00282)	68.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.20% (0.00204)	57.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.19% (0.00186)	54.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.62% (0.00619)	75.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15200
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16328
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16329
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15200		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16328		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16329		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 14, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved May 14, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1586

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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