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title: "CVE-2005-0673\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0673

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in usercp\_register.php for phpBB
2.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by
setting the (1) allowhtml, (2) allowbbcode, or (3) allowsmilies parameters
to inject HTML into signatures for personal messages, possibly when they
are processed by privmsg.php or viewtopic.php.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpbb2 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.18-2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.18-2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.18-2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0673)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0673)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0673)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0673)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0673>