CVE-2005-1586

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files.

Affected products

Open Solution Quick.Forum: 2.1.6

References

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15200
http://www.osvdb.org/16328
http://www.osvdb.org/16329
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15200
http://www.osvdb.org/16328
http://www.osvdb.org/16329

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