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.
Published: 2005-10-25
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-925-1 New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3309 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.402Z

Reserved: 2005-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3310

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-26T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:16:41.973

Link: CVE-2005-3310

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