# CVE-2005-2817: Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1-0-5 and earlier supports the use of URLs for avatar images, which allows remote attackers to monitor sensitive

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-09-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014828
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22093
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Aug/0438.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16646
- http://rgod.altervista.org/smf105.html

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