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MEDIUM
CVE-2023-5917
phpBB Smiley Pack Handler Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpBB up to 3.3.10. This issue affects the function main of the file phpBB/includes/acp/acp_icons.php of the component Smiley Pack Handler. The manipulation of the argument pak leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 3.3.11 is able to address this issue. The patch is named ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-244307.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 2, 2023, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-5917 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5917 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Phpbb phpbb
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : March 3, 2022, 2:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-5917 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-5917 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac
    Added Reference https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.244307
    Added Reference https://www.phpbb.com/
    Added Reference https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac No Types Assigned https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11 No Types Assigned https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?id.244307 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?id.244307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.phpbb.com/ No Types Assigned https://www.phpbb.com/ Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991 No Types Assigned https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991 Release Notes
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.3.11
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.20 }} 0.03%

score

0.57257

percentile

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