CVE-2005-1193

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+18)

References

http://castlecops.com/t123194-.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111552510000088&w=2
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0098.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15298
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013918
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014117
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/113196
http://www.osvdb.org/16439
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=288194
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13545
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20574
http://castlecops.com/t123194-.html

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