CVE-2005-0259
N/A
Published: February 22, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorphpBB
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/14362/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-02.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=204&type=vulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774686x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelogQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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