CVE-2015-1431
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/startup.php in phpBB before 3.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "Relative Path Overwrite."
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpbb | phpbb | {"endIncluding":"3.0.12"} | |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/373
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100670
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/eaeb88133f1f028fa06f0ebe5639668436fd469e
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/3316
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-25
- https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13531
- https://wiki.phpbb.com/Release_Highlights/3.0.13
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/373
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100670
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/eaeb88133f1f028fa06f0ebe5639668436fd469e
- https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/3316
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-25
- https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13531
- https://wiki.phpbb.com/Release_Highlights/3.0.13
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.