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CVE-2005-3416
phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows…
High7.5EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 20413 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051031 Advisory 17/2005: phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 130 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_172005.75.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1015121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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