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phpBB -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
phpbb3 < 3.3.17

Details

VuXML ID 4d06b948-a323-11f1-a655-3497f65b111b
Discovery 2026-05-04
Entry 2026-08-28

The phpBB Team reports:

Changes since 3.3.16: Improper state verification in OAuth implementation (SECURITY-293), improve secure downloads referer checking (SECURITY-292), hardening of hostname lookups (SECURITY-295).

Changes since 3.3.15: Password Reset Link Poisoning (SECURITY-285), IDOR when composing PMs (SECURITY-286), CSRF on report submission (SECURITY-287), Cross-User Notification Read State Manipulation (SECURITY-290), hardening against non-rasterized image uploads (SECURITY-289).

Changes since 3.3.14: Use jQuery to generate HTML from page data (SECURITY-283).

The password reset issue fixed in 3.3.16 has been assigned CVE-2026-29199 (CVSS 8.1). When force_server_vars is disabled, phpBB takes the host name from the HTTP Host header to build the password reset link, so an attacker able to control that header can have reset mails point to a domain under their control, which may lead to account takeover.

References

CVE Name CVE-2026-29199
URL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gm6-w7mx-58cr
URL https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/blob/release-3.3.17/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
URL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29199
URL https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2671024