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CVE-2019-16993: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

September 30, 2019 (updated November 21, 2019)

In phpBB 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.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16993
  • www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2352606
  • www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3

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Affected versions

All versions up to 3.1.7

Fixed versions

  • 3.1.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.8 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source file

packagist/phpbb/phpbb/CVE-2019-16993.yml

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