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 Control Panel. An…

PriorityP339high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.80%

52.1th percentile

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.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
phpbb	phpbb	<= 3.1.7	—
phpbb	phpbb	>= 0 < 3.1.7-PL1	3.1.7-PL1
phpbb3	phpbb3	>= 0 < 3.0.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm1	3.0.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

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