CVE-2013-5724

low
Published 2013-09-12 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Phpbb3 before 3.0.11-4 for Debian GNU/Linux uses world-writable permissions for cache files, which allows local users to modify the file contents via standard filesystem write operations.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debian debianphpbb3{"endIncluding":"3.0.11-3"}
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-2
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-b5
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc2-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc3-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc4-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc5-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.0-rc7-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.1-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.2-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.2-2
debian debianphpbb33.0.2-3
debian debianphpbb33.0.2-4
debian debianphpbb33.0.4-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.7-p1-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.7-p1-2
debian debianphpbb33.0.7-p1-3
debian debianphpbb33.0.7-p1-4
debian debianphpbb33.0.7-p1-5
debian debianphpbb33.0.9-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.10-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.10-2
debian debianphpbb33.0.11-1
debian debianphpbb33.0.11-2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.