CVE-2005-3415

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3415
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-01 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionphpBB 2.0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that deregister global variables by setting both a GET/POST/COOKIE (GPC) variable and a GLOBALS[] variable with the same name, which causes phpBB to unset the GLOBALS[] variable but not the GPC variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 2.0.12 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.13 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.14 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.15 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.16 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.17 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
www.osvdb.org/20386 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for phpbb2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Hardened-PHP Project - PHP Security - Advisory 17/2005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.hardened-php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PHPBB Global Variable Deregistration Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
'Advisory 17/2005: phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityTracker.com Archives - phpBB Lets Remote Users Bypass the Global 'Deregistration' Code, Inject SQL Commands, Execute PHP Code, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-925-1 phpbb2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityReason - phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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