Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-0783. PoCs published by Jon Oberheide.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes an HTML injection vulnerability in Phorum 5.0.14, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized, allowing for XSS attacks. The example demonstrates a basic script injection payload.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Phorum before 5.0.14a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an attached file.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Jon Oberheide · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25223
The provided text describes an HTML injection vulnerability in Phorum 5.0.14, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized, allowing for XSS attacks. The example demonstrates a basic script injection payload.
Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target:
Phorum 5.0.14
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Access to input fields vulnerable to HTML injection
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12800
Patch third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14554
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111083279031544&w=2
Scores
EPSS
0.0361
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
phorum/phorum
5.0.14
Published
May 02, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026