phpBB Smiley Pack acp_icons.php main cross site scripting
CVE-2023-5917

2.4LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

PHPbb

Status
PHPbb
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-5917?

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.

Affected Version(s)

phpBB 3.3.0

phpBB 3.3.1

phpBB 3.3.2

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.244307
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https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307
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https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991
related

CVSS V3.1

Score:
2.4
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

CVSS V3.0

Score:
2.4
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

shin24 (VulDB User)
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