FreeBSD : phpBB -- multiple vulnerabilities (4d06b948-a323-11f1-a655-3497f65b111b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 341547

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 4d06b948-a323-11f1-a655-3497f65b111b advisory.

The phpBB Team reports:
Changes since 3.3.16: Improper state verification in OAuth implementation (SECURITY-293), improve secure downloads referer checking (SECURITY-292), hardening of hostname lookups (SECURITY-295).
Changes since 3.3.15: Password Reset Link Poisoning (SECURITY-285), IDOR when composing PMs (SECURITY-286), CSRF on report submission (SECURITY-287), Cross-User Notification Read State Manipulation (SECURITY-290), hardening against non-rasterized image uploads (SECURITY-289).
Changes since 3.3.14: Use jQuery to generate HTML from page data (SECURITY-283).
The password reset issue fixed in 3.3.16 has been assigned CVE-2026-29199 (CVSS 8.1). When force_server_vars is disabled, phpBB takes the host name from the HTTP Host header to build the password reset link, so an attacker able to control that header can have reset mails point to a domain under their control, which may lead to account takeover.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341547

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4d06b948a32311f1a6553497f65b111b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2026

Updated: 8/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29199

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phpbb3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29199

Detections

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