CVE-2005-3310

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. 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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile

Published

2005-10-25

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0479.html

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17295
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18098
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-925
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15170

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry