Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1-0-5 and Earlier

CVE-2005-2817 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1-0-5 and earlier supports the use of URLs for avatar images, which allows remote attackers to monitor sensitive information of forum visitors such as IP address and user agent, as demonstrated using a PHP script on a malicious server.

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