Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1196

Title: phpBB Knowledge Base module SQL injection information disclosure

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-1196

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 02, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1196: SQL injection vulnerability in kb.php in the Knowledge Base module for phpBB allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and execute SQL commands via the cat parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111384185116335&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111384185116335&w=2

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1196 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25451

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 02, 2005 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.