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NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2005-3312) and the proper fix should be in that browser; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpBB.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":3.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0117,"percentile":0.67642,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2005-10-25T04:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:16:41Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:3.1","package":"phpbb2","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.13+1-6sarge2"}]}],"versions":["2.0.13+1-6","2.0.13+1-6sarge1"],"bundled":9}],"products":[{"vendor":"phpbb_group","product":"phpbb"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15170","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22837","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0479.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC","x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18098","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17295/","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=113017003617987\u0026w=2","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3310"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17295"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94qp-2fqg-7mc4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2005-3310","description":"Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.  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