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. 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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-925-1 | New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-3309 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.402Z
Reserved: 2005-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2005-3310
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Status : Modified
Published: 2005-10-26T01:02:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2005-3310
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD