CVE-2019-16993

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    CVE-2019-16993

    Published: 30 Sept 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00036.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00006.html, https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2352606, https://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v317, https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/18abef716ecf42a35416444f3f84f5459d573789

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    release-3.1.7
    release-3.1.7-RC1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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