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.
2005-10-26T01:02:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.5 (LOW)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
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Application | phpbb_group | phpbb | 2.0.17 | Yes |