CVE-2005-4357 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.18, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via a permitted HTML tag with " (quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01415.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Phpbb Group Subscribe	Phpbb Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4352	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.18, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via a permitted HTML tag with " (quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113484567432679&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18125
http://secunia.com/advisories/18252
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/29
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/269
http://www.osvdb.org/21803
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=352966
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420537/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2991
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0010

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-20T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:04.125Z

Reserved: 2005-12-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4357

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-20T01:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-4357

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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