VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-16993

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Primary references