PT-2019-19878 · Phpbb Limited · Phpbb

Snover · Published 2019-04-30 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2019-9826

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB versions prior to 3.2.6

Description The issue affects the fulltext search component, allowing for a Denial of Service. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited. Technical details about exploitation include the involvement of the fulltext search component, but specific API endpoints, vulnerable parameters, or function names are not mentioned.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.6, update to version 3.2.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the fulltext search component until a patch is available. Restrict access to the search functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-9826

DLA-1775-1

GHSA-6PGR-X867-H7JX

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 18

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9826 · Security Note
• https://phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2509941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9826 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1775-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9826 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9826 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/phpbb3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6pgr-x867-h7jx · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1775-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00004.html · Note
• https://t.me/defcon_news/12578 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9826 · Note