CVE-2005-1586

high

Description

Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/16329

http://www.osvdb.org/16328

http://secunia.com/advisories/15200

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00457