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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-0603 EUVD-2005-0604GHSA-mqh2-67f9-5wg9

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a highlight parameter containing inva…

Published Mar 1, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a highlight parameter containing invalid regular expression syntax, which reveals the path in a PHP error message.

Public exploits

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