CVE-2023-5917

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    CVE-2023-5917

    Published: 2 Nov 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: phpBB Smiley Pack acp_icons.php main cross site scripting

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.phpbb.com/, https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5917.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5917, https://vuldb.com/?id.244307, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307, https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac, https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -90973a52b46cf606fdea893e1545bc6b0899a5f7

    Affected versions

    3.3.0
    3.3.1
    3.3.10
    3.3.2
    3.3.3
    3.3.4
    3.3.5
    3.3.6
    3.3.7
    3.3.8
    3.3.9

    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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