CVE-2005-1586

Published: May 14, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Quick.Forum 2.1.6 stores potentially sensitive information such as usernames, banned IP addresses, censored words, and backups under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request to (1) db/users.txt, (2) db/banList.txt, (3) db/censureWords.txt, or (4) backup files.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

open solution

commercialaka quick.forum, quick.cart

quick.forumOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / ecommerce-platform

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/05/quickforum-topic-field-xss-and-page.html

lostmon.blogspot.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/15200

secunia.com

http://www.osvdb.org/16328

osvdb.org

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