Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.21 allows remote authenticated users to send unauthorized messages as an arbitrary user via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | phpbb2 | 2.0.21-7 | DSA-1488-1 |
| Debian 3.1 | phpbb2 | 2.0.13+1-6sarge4 | DSA-1488-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1488-1 phpbb2 - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- phpbb-message-csrf(30786) vdb-entry
- 28871 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1488 vendor-advisory
- 23283 third-party-advisory