High severity · published May 2, 2019
CVE-2019-9826
The fulltext search component in phpBB before 3.2.6 allows Denial of Service
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The fulltext search component in phpBB before 3.2.6 allows Denial of Service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phpbb · Phpbb
through 3.2.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9826
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9826
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/29/3
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2509941
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