CVE-2019-16993
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxphpBB
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 3.1.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/18abef716ecf42a35416444f3f84f5459d573789Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00036.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00006.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2352606x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v317CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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