CVE-2005-0259

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-14 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionphpBB 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.10 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.11 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.3 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.4 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.5 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6c All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6d All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.7 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.7a All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.8 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.8a All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.9 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_beta1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc3 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
phpBB • Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpbb.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- phpBB: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#774686 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - phpBB Avatar Functions Information Disclosure and Deletion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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