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.

The EPSS score is 0.0063.

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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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1566	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."

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

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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

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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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OpenCVE Enrichment

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