CVE-2020-8226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability exists in phpBB <v3.2.10 and <v3.3.1 which allowed remote image dimensions check to be used to SSRF.

Published: 2020-08-17

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.2.10 and 3.3.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-4376	A vulnerability exists in phpBB <v3.2.10 and <v3.3.1 which allowed remote image dimensions check to be used to SSRF.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jhm9-h84h-rw83	phpBB Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00966.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2562631
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2562636

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Phpbb Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2020-08-17T15:37:51.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:27.385Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8226

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-17T16:15:13.623

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:26:05.393

Link: CVE-2020-8226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-610
Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
CWE-918
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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