CVE-2023-5917

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpBB up to 3.3.10. This issue affects the function main of the file phpBB/includes/acp/acp_icons.php of the component Smiley Pack Handler. The manipulation of the argument pak leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 3.3.11 is able to address this issue. The patch is named ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-244307.

• CWE-79

• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aacPatch
• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11Release Notes
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307Permissions Required, VDB Entry
• https://vuldb.com/?id.244307Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.phpbb.com/Product
• https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991Release Notes
• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/ccf6e6c255d38692d72fcb613b113e6eaa240aacPatch
• https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/releases/tag/release-3.3.11Release Notes
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244307Permissions Required, VDB Entry
• https://vuldb.com/?id.244307Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.phpbb.com/Product
• https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2646991Release Notes

Published

Nov 2, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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