CVE-2005-0258

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) usercp_register.php and (2) usercp_avatar.php for phpBB 2.0.11, and possibly other versions, with gallery avatars enabled, allows remote attackers to delete (unlink) arbitrary files via "/../" sequences in the avatarselect parameter.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+15)

References

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-02.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=205&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-02.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=205&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog

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