Vulnerability CVE-2023-5917

Vulnerability CVE-2023-5917

Published: 2023-11-02

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.

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

References:

https://vuldb.com/?id.244307

https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac

https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11

https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991

https://www.phpbb.com/

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307

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