#VU18415 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in phpBB - CVE-2019-11767
Published: May 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18415
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11767
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
phpBB
phpBB
Software vendor:
phpBB Group
phpBB Group
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the avatar upload function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application and trick it to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.