CVE-2015-1431
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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