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SCA: security update for phpbb/phpbb (GHSA-h3mr-q96r-37v4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431777

Description

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

 - Passing an absolute path to a file_exists check in phpBB before 3.2.4 allows Remote Code Execution through
 Object Injection by employing Phar deserialization when an attacker has access to the Admin Control Panel
 with founder permissions. (CVE-2018-19274)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3mr-q96r-37v4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431777

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19274

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19274

cwe: CWE-502