phpBB 2.0.20 does not verify user-specified input variable types before being passed to type-dependent functions, which allows remote…

Description

phpBB 2.0.20 does not verify user-specified input variable types before being passed to type-dependent functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by the (1) mode parameter to memberlist.php and the (2) highlight parameter to viewtopic.php that are used as an argument to the htmlspecialchars or urlencode functions, which displays the installation path in the resulting error message.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• phpbb-multiple-path-disclosure(26306) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060505 phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20060505 phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 837 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 20060508 Re: phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2219](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2219.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2219)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:43 UTC.