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CVE-2019-16993
In phpBB before 3.1.7-PL1, includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php has improper verification of a CSRF token on the BBCode page in the Administration…
High8.8EPSS 0.80%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
In phpBB before 3.1.7-PL1, includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php has improper verification of a CSRF token on the BBCode page in the Administration Control Panel. An actual CSRF attack is possible if an attacker also manages to retrieve the session id of a reauthenticated administrator prior to targeting them.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpbb/phpbbGHSA-vj3x-vfm4-hvxc (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2352606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/18abef716ecf42a35416444f3f84f5459d573789 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190930 [SECURITY] [DLA 1942-1] phpbb3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191007 [SECURITY] [DLA 1942-2] phpbb3 regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vj3x-vfm4-hvxc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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