CVE-2005-1642

Woltlab Burning Board 2.x and earlier - SQL Injection via Email Verification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1642. PoCs published by GulfTech Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The writeup describes an SQL injection vulnerability in Burning Board's verify_email() function, where the $email parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to query arbitrary database information, including admin password hashes. The vulnerability can be exploited without authentication by injecting malicious SQL into the email field during registration or profile updates.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the verify_email function in Woltlab Burning Board 2.x and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the $email variable.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by GulfTech Security · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43825

The writeup describes an SQL injection vulnerability in Burning Board's verify_email() function, where the $email parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to query arbitrary database information, including admin password hashes. The vulnerability can be exploited without authentication by injecting malicious SQL into the email field during registration or profile updates.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Burning Board <= 2.3.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the registration or profile update page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0558
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vim
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2005-May/000047.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15395
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0199.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/16575

Scores

EPSS 0.0128
EPSS Percentile 66.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
woltlab/burning_board 2.0
Published May 17, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026