DISPUTED PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/usercpregister.php in phpBB 2.0.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbbrootpath parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the file checks for a global constant and cannot be accessed directly.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/admintopicactionlogging.php in Admin Topic Action Logging Mod 0.95 and earlier, as used in phpBB 2.0 up to 2.0.21, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbbrootpath parameter.
DISPUTED PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in template.php in phpBB 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the page parameter. NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, stating that template.php does not appear in phpBB and does not use a $page variable. It is possible that this is a site-specific vulnerability, or an issue in a mod.
The genrandstring function in phpBB 2.0.19 uses insufficiently random data (small value space) to create the activation key ("validation ID") that is sent by e-mail when establishing a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the key and modify passwords for existing accounts or create new accounts.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.
phpBB 2.0.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by (1) registering many users through profile.php or (2) using search.php to search in a certain way that confuses the database.
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile, as demonstrated using links to (1) admin/adminusers.php and (2) modcp.php.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a permitted HTML tag with ' (single quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover, a variant of CVE-2005-4357.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in profile.php in phpBB 2.0.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the curpassword parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in adminsmilies.php in phpBB 2.0.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as "onmouseover" in the (1) smileurl or (2) smileemotion parameters, which bypasses a check for "<" and ">" characters.