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SCA: security update for phpbb/phpbb (GHSA-gmx8-8rff-qv6q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421551

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2023-5917)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmx8-8rff-qv6q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421551

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5917

cwe: CWE-79