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SCA: security update for phpbb/phpbb (GHSA-vj3x-vfm4-hvxc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433123

Description

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

 - In phpBB before 3.1.7-PL1, includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php has improper verification of a CSRF token on the
 BBCode page in the Administration Control Panel. An actual CSRF attack is possible if an attacker also
 manages to retrieve the session id of a reauthenticated administrator prior to targeting them.
 (CVE-2019-16993)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vj3x-vfm4-hvxc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433123

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16993

cwe: CWE-352