phpBB 2.0.18 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large SQL query, which generates an error message that reveals SQL syntax or the full installation path.

phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when the register_long_arrays directive is disabled, allows remote attackers to modify global variables and bypass security mechanisms because PHP does not define the associated HTTP_* variables.

SQL injection vulnerability in usercp_register.php in phpBB 2.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the signature_bbcode_uid parameter, which is not properly initialized.

phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that deregister global variables by setting both a GET/POST/COOKIE (GPC) variable and a GLOBALS[] variable with the same name, which causes phpBB to unset the GLOBALS[] variable but not the GPC variable.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) error_msg parameter to usercp_register.php, (2) forward_page parameter to login.php, and (3) list_cat parameter to search.php, which are not initialized as variables.

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.

usercp_register.php in phpBB 2.0.17 allows remote attackers to modify regular expressions and execute PHP code via the signature_bbcode_uid parameter, as demonstrated by injecting an "e" modifier into a preg_replace statement.

Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2005-3312) and the proper fix should be in that browser; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpBB.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested [url] tags.

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code.