CVE-2006-0438

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-02-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile, as demonstrated using links to (1) admin/admin_users.php and (2) modcp.php.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+23)

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041920.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18693
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/31
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/406
http://www.osvdb.org/22929
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0445
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24497
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041920.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18693
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/31
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/406
http://www.osvdb.org/22929

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