CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0259

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2005-03-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-03-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

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 configurations

• phpbb group phpbb 2.0.0 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.2 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.3 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.4 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.5 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6c • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6d • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.7 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.7a • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.8 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.8a • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.9 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.10 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.11 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 beta1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc2 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc3 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc4

References