CVE-2015-1431
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/startup.php in phpBB before 3.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "Relative Path Overwrite."
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/startup.php in phpBB before 3.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "Relative Path Overwrite."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-10 17:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6d9a10c2963fd29ff3dec3a7ba719634cbacf1f68fee59c6b6836a6b84972d08
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/3316
- tracker.phpbb.comhttps://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13531
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20150131 Re: CVE request: phpbb3 CSRF and CSS injectionhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/373
- wiki.phpbb.comhttps://wiki.phpbb.com/Release_Highlights/3.0.13
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-25https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-25
- www.securityfocus.com72405http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72405
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphpbb3-cve20151431-xss(100670)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100670
- github.comhttps://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/eaeb88133f1f028fa06f0ebe5639668436fd469e
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- phpbb3 Fixed in 3.0.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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