CVE-2005-0831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHP-Post allows remote attackers to spoof the names of other users by registering with a username containing hex-encoded characters.

Published: 2005-03-22

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.32:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0832	PHP-Post allows remote attackers to spoof the names of other users by registering with a username containing hex-encoded characters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00397.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12845

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Php-post Php-post Web Forum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:40:50.713Z

Reserved: 2005-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0831

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:11:51.853

Link: CVE-2005-0831

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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