Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
Published Oct 25, 2005
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.17%
Description
Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2005-3312) and the proper fix should be in that browser; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpBB.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0.17
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01170) | 66.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01170) | 63.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 65.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 75.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.31% (0.00308) | 69.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00308) | 65.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0479.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113017003617987&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17295/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15170 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22837 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0479.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113017003617987&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17295/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18098 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15170 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22837 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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