CVE-2005-2817

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1-0-5 and earlier supports the use of URLs for avatar images, which allows remote attackers to monitor sensitive information of forum visitors such as IP address and user agent, as demonstrated using a PHP script on a malicious server.

Affected products

Simple Machines Forum: 1.0.5

References

http://rgod.altervista.org/smf105.html
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Aug/0438.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16646
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014828
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22093
http://rgod.altervista.org/smf105.html
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Aug/0438.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16646
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014828
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22093

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