SQL injection in phpBB
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in phpBB profile field migration due to improper handling of user-supplied profile field data during migration, allowing execution of arbitrary SQL queries. Only applies to phpBB forums that had been updated from versions prior to phpBB 3.3.8 and have not been updated to 3.3.11 or newer yet.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-2026-48613
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x29j-7g7q-59rw
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-48613 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48613 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x29j-7g7q-59rw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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