CVE-2005-3416

Published Nov 1, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-925-1 New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3415 phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Nov 1, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2005, 9:02 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM