PT-2019-14914 · Phpbb Limited · Phpbb

Published 2019-09-30 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2019-16993

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB versions prior to 3.1.7-PL1

Description The issue concerns improper verification of a CSRF token on the BBCode page in the Administration Control Panel. This could potentially allow for a CSRF attack if an attacker also obtains the session id of a reauthenticated administrator.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.7-PL1, update to version 3.1.7-PL1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Administration Control Panel to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-16993

DLA-1942-1

DLA-1942-2

GHSA-VJ3X-VFM4-HVXC

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 14

• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/18abef716ecf42a35416444f3f84f5459d573789 · Patch
• https://phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16993 · Security Note
• https://phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2352606 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16993 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1942-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1942-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vj3x-vfm4-hvxc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00036.html · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00006.html · Note