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CVE-2023-5917

phpBB Smiley Pack acp_icons.php main cross site scripting

Published: Nov 2, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79
NVD MITRE
2.4CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpBB up to 3.3.10. This issue affects the function main of the file phpBB/includes/acp/acp_icons.php of the component Smiley Pack Handler. The manipulation of the argument pak leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 3.3.11 is able to address this issue. The patch is named ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-244307.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

phpbbphpbb
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
phpBBn/a
phpbb/phpbbPackagistOSS Libraries
phpbboss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac
github.com
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11
github.com
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307
vuldb.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 2, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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