CVE-2006-6841 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6841 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-6841 is a critical vulnerability in Phpbb Group Phpbb, published on 3 Jan 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Phpbb Group Phpbb. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6841/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6841/index.md)
phpBB forms lack session checks, allowing attackers to perform actions on behalf of authenticated users via CSRF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-6841?
CVE-2006-6841 is a critical vulnerability in Phpbb Group Phpbb, published on 3 Jan 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Certain forms in phpBB before 2.0.22 lack session checks, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6841?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpbb Group Phpbb.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6841?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-6841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpbb Group Phpbb
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hwvv-5767-4qfp.