Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-1431

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/startup.php in phpBB before 3.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "Relative Path Overwrite."

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Affected products

PhpBB/phpBB2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.12
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.13

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/373nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/72405nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100670nvd
github.com/phpbb/phpbb/commit/eaeb88133f1f028fa06f0ebe5639668436fd469envd
github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/3316nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-25nvd
tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13531nvd
wiki.phpbb.com/Release_Highlights/3.0.13nvd

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