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phpBB < 3.2.11, 3.3.x < 3.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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phpBB < 3.2.11 / 3.3.x < 3.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities. Update to version 3.2.11, 3.3.2 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:phpbb:phpbb";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117035");
  script_version("2026-05-21T06:54:30+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-05-21 06:54:30 +0000 (Thu, 21 May 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-11-16 12:45:31 +0000 (Mon, 16 Nov 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("phpBB < 3.2.11, 3.3.x < 3.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_phpbb_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("phpbb/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"phpBB is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - SECURITY-264: Invalid conversion of HTML entities when stripping BBCode

  - SECURITY-265: Reduce verbosity of jabber output in ACP");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"phpBB prior to version 3.2.11 and 3.3.x prior to 3.3.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.2.11, 3.3.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2573416");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2573411");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/SECURITY-264");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/SECURITY-265");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"3.2.11" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.2.11", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"3.3.0", test_version2:"3.3.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.3.2", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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