CVE-2005-3310

Exp

Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2005-3312) and the proper fix should be in that browser; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpBB.

Published: 2005-10-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3310 is rated Exploit Available (51.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). 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-2005-3310

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3310

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 0.54% 1.17% +0.63%
2 2025-03-17 0.29% 0.54% +0.26%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3310

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3310

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3310

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3310 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-2005-3310

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3310

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3310

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