CVE-2004-2054

Exp

CRLF injection vulnerability in PhpBB 2.0.4 and 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to perform HTTP Response Splitting attacks to modify expected HTML content from the server via (1) the mode parameter to privmsg.php or (2) the redirect parameter to login.php.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2054 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.22%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2054

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2054

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.56% 2.22% +1.66%
2 2025-07-16 0.46% 0.56% +0.10%
3 2025-03-17 0.46%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2054

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2054

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2054

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6c cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6d cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.7a cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.8a cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2054

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