CVE-2005-0831 describes a vulnerability in PHP-Post and php-post_web_forum that allows remote attackers to spoof user identities. This is achieved by registering with a username containing hex-encoded characters, enabling impersonation of other users. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php-post:php-post_web_forum:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.