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CVE-2023-5917

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpBB up to 3.3.10. This issue affects the funct

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.

LOW · CVSS 2.4 EPSS 0.00095
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
phpbb< 3.3.11
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist phpbb/phpbb MEDIUM fixed in 3.3.11
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Scoring & Timeline

2.4
LOW · CVSS v3.1 · cna@vuldb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 Nov 2023 · 11:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aacPatch
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11Release Notes
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.244307Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.phpbb.com/Product
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991Release Notes
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