CVE-2005-0603

Phpbb vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.3%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a highlight parameter containing invalid regular expression syntax, which reveals the path in a PHP error message.

Affected vendor

Phpbb Group

Affected product

Phpbb

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2005-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0603

Confirm whether Phpbb Group Phpbb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0603.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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