Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
phpbb/phpbb versions 3.2.0 before 3.2.10 and 3.3.0 before 3.3.1 are affected by a server-side request forgery flaw in which the remote image dimension check could be used to make the server send requests to arbitrary destinations. The source does not describe the required attacker privileges or the full impact. Upgrade to phpBB 3.2.10 or 3.3.1.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0097, the 61st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-jhm9-h84h-rw83
- OSV: GHSA-jhm9-h84h-rw83
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8226
- github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app/commit/0cfaaafb386d58576d200d56f1acdbcc2f2376e8
- github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app/commit/efc0a146bf12125eeb71d00470af774326a7bf0a
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpbb/phpbb/CVE-2020-8226.yaml
- github.com/phpbb/phpbb-app
- www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2562631
- www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2562636