CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-5917
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.4 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• phpbb phpbb (< 3.3.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac Patch
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11 Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.244307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.phpbb.com/ Product
- https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991 Release Notes
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac Patch
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11 Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.244307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.phpbb.com/ Product
- https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991 Release Notes