Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-2055

Title: PhpBB XSS via search_author parameter

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-2055.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 19, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-2055: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php for PhpBB 2.0.4 and 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTMl or web script via the search_author parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109034476122723&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12114 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10753 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16758 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109034476122723&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12114 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10753 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16758

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-2055 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 19, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.