What is CVE-2020-8226?

CVE-2020-8226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpbb, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2020-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-8226?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

SSRF in Phpbb

CVE-2020-8226

A vulnerability exists in phpBB <v3.2.10 and <v3.3.1 which allowed remote image dimensions check to be used to SSRF.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Phpbb
N/a Https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb — versions 3.2.10 and 3.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-610 — Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

support@hackerone.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support@hackerone.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8226?: CVE-2020-8226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpbb, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2020-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-8226?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.