CVE-2005-0614

Exp

sessions.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the autologinid value in a cookie.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0614 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.55%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.47% 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-2005-0614

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
897 exploit_db edb 2005-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
889 exploit_db edb 2005-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗
871 exploit_db edb 2005-03-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0614

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 5.08% 7.55% +2.47%
2 2025-09-25 4.49% 5.08% +0.59%
3 2025-04-01 4.49%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0614

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0614

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0614

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0614 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0614

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0614

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2005-0614

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