CVE-2018-19274
HIGH7.2EPSS 14.5%phpbb3 - security update
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 3/9/2026
Description
Passing an absolute path to a file_exists check in phpBB before 3.2.4 allows Remote Code Execution through Object Injection by employing Phar deserialization when an attacker has access to the Admin Control Panel with founder permissions.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/phpbb3from 0, < 3.0.12-5+deb8u2
- Packagist/phpbb/phpbbfrom 0, < 3.2.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19274
- PATCHhttps://github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app
- WEBhttps://blog.ripstech.com/2018/phpbb3-phar-deserialization-to-remote-code-execution
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00029.html
- WEBhttps://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2492206