CVE-2005-1193
highpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.164 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The bbencode_second_pass and make_clickable functions in bbcode.php for phpBB before 2.0.15, as used in viewtopic.php, privmsg.php, and other scripts, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via a BBcode tag with a (1) javascript:, (2) applet:, (3) about:, (4) activex:, (5) chrome:, or (6) script: URI scheme, as demonstrated using the URL tag.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-25628phpBB 2.0.x - 'BBCode.php' URL Tagfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (25)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://castlecops.com/t123194-.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111552510000088&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0098.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15298enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013918enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014117enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/113196enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/16439enisa_euvd
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