CVE-2005-2161

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested [url] tags.

Published: 2005-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2161 is rated Moderate Risk (40.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2161

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 0.34% 1.23% +0.89%
2 2025-03-30 0.37% 0.34% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2161

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-2005-2161

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2161

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2161 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2161

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2161

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2161

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