Cross-site request forgery in phpBB
Priority LOW 36CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Improper state verification in the OAuth implementation could allow an attacker to manipulate the authentication flow and cause a victim’s account to be linked to an attacker-controlled account. This can result in unauthorized account linking and potential account takeover.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0012 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48612
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-575v-33q9-fpgm
References
More phpBB vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-43137 Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in Phpbb phbb3 v.3.3.15 allows a local attacker… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-35957 Improper authentication in phpBB CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2006-06889 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/bb_usage_stats.php in maluinfo… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2001-01423 prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2007-03812 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in link_main.php in the SupaNav 1.0.0 module for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2006-06915 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions.php in the Dimension module… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-48612 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48612 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-575v-33q9-fpgm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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