CVE-2005-4687

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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PunBB 1.2.9, used alone or with F-ART BLOG:CMS, may trust a client's IP address as specified in the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header rather than the TCP/IP stack, which allows remote attackers to misrepresent their IP address by sending a modified header.

Affected products

F-Art Agency Blog Cms: 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.6.2 (+6)
Punbb: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6 (+3)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17425
http://secunia.com/advisories/17433
http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.9_to_1.2.10.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15326
http://secunia.com/advisories/17425
http://secunia.com/advisories/17433
http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.2.9_to_1.2.10.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15326

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