CVE-2005-0872

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in calendar_scheduler.php in the Topic Calendar 1.0.1 module for phpBB allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the start parameter.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0872 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.40%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.55% 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-2005-0872

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25270 exploit_db edb 2004-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0872

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 1.86% 6.40% +4.55%
2 2025-03-30 1.40% 1.86% +0.46%
3 2025-03-29 1.40%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0872

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