CVE-2015-1431 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Phpbb	Phpbb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/373
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72405
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100670
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/eaeb88133f1f028fa06f0ebe5639668436fd469e
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/3316
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-25
https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13531
https://wiki.phpbb.com/Release_Highlights/3.0.13

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-10T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.593Z

Reserved: 2015-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1431

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-02-10T17:59:00.057

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-1431

Redhat

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