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CVE-2005-2161

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested [url] tags.

Affected products

• Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.16

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112059951605939&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-768
• http://www.securitylab.ru/55612.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112059951605939&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-768
• http://www.securitylab.ru/55612.html

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