CVE-2005-0872
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in calendar_scheduler.php in the Topic Calendar 1.0.1 module for phpBB allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the start parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in calendar_scheduler.php in the Topic Calendar 1.0.1 module for phpBB allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the start parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.40% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 March 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpbb group/phpbb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111168190630576&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14659Exploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013554Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19821
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111168190630576&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14659Exploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013554Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19821
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.