CVE-2005-1615
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedviewforum.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.8 through 1.9.6 may allow remote attackers to read sensitive data via the postorder parameter, which is not properly handled by textdb.inc.php, possibly due to a SQL injection vulnerability.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.8-1.9.6 allows remote attackers to read sensitive database data via the unsanitized postorder parameter in viewforum.php, which is passed through textdb.inc.php without proper input validation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.8= 1.8.2= 1.9= 1.9.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate UPB installationSearch the web server for directories containing 'upb', 'ultimate php board', or 'upb' in folder names. Check common web document roots for UPB-specific folders or files like viewforum.php, textdb.inc.php, or config.phpAffected if UPB files are found on the server
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Identify UPB versionOpen and inspect version.php, or view the header/metadata in index.php, admin.php, or any UPB PHP file for a version string like '1.8', '1.8.2', '1.9', or '1.9.6'Affected if The installed version is 1.8, 1.8.2, 1.9, or 1.9.6
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Confirm viewforum.php existsLocate viewforum.php in the UPB installation directory and verify it is accessible via the web serverAffected if viewforum.php exists and is web-accessible
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Inspect postorder parameter handlingOpen viewforum.php and textdb.inc.php and search for the 'postorder' parameter. Check if it is used directly in SQL queries without sanitization, escaping, or parameterized queriesAffected if The postorder parameter is used in SQL queries without input validation or parameterized queries
A user is affected if UPB versions 1.8 through 1.9.6 are installed, viewforum.php is accessible, and the postorder parameter is passed to SQL queries without sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of UPB if available, or implement proper input validation and parameterized queries on the postorder parameter in viewforum.php to prevent SQL injection.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2005-1615 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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