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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0614 json

sessions.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the autologinid value in a cookie.

published 2005-03-03 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0615

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

sessions.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the autologinid value in a cookie.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-871)

Exploit prediction

7.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-897 phpBB 2.0.12 - Change User Rights Authentication Bypass webapps, 2005-03-24
  • EDB-889 phpBB 2.0.12 - Change User Rights Authentication Bypass webapps, 2005-03-21
  • EDB-871 phpBB 2.0.12 - Session Handling Authentication Bypass webapps, 2005-03-11

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.