CVE-2023-5917 LOW

CVE-2023-5917: phpBB Smiley Pack acp_icons.php main cross site scripting

Vendor N/A
Product phpBB
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published November 2, 2023
Last update February 27, 2025
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CVSS base score

2.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 2, 2023 CVE published
February 27, 2025 Record updated