CVE-2006-0438

high

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile, as demonstrated using links to (1) admin/admin_users.php and (2) modcp.php.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24497

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0445

http://www.osvdb.org/22929

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/406

http://secunia.com/advisories/18693

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041920.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00745