SCA: security update for phpbb/phpbb (GHSA-69q7-hww4-8pjq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436973

Description

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

- phpBB 3.2.8 allows a CSRF attack that can approve pending group memberships. (CVE-2020-5502)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69q7-hww4-8pjq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436973

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5502

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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: 1/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5502