Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpBB 2.0.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) u parameter to profile.php, (2) highlight parameter to viewtopic.php, or (3) forumname or forumdesc parameters to admin_forums.php.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1290 is rated Exploit Available (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.35% | 1.04% | +0.69% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.19% | 0.35% | +0.16% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.19% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-1290 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1290 |
| 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 | 2.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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 | 2.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpbb_group | phpbb | 2.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |