CVE-2005-2836

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Phorum 5.0.17a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the username parameter to register.php or (2) a signature of a logged-in user in "My Control Center," which is not properly handled by control.php.

Published: 2005-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2836 is rated Exploit Available (56/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2836

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2836

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 0.40% 1.26% +0.85%
2 2025-03-17 0.28% 0.40% +0.13%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2836

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-2005-2836

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1_pre cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.1a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.3b cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.1a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.3.2b3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.3.2b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 3.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 4.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.3_beta cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.3_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.7_beta cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.7_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.14a cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.14a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2836

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