CVE-2008-0471 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-0471 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-0471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2008. 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-2008-0471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2008-0471/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0471/index.md)
Remote attackers can delete private messages of arbitrary users via CSRF in phpBB, requiring victim interaction.
- 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-2008-0471?
CVE-2008-0471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in privmsg.php in phpBB 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to delete private messages (PM) as arbitrary users via a deleteall action.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpbb Phpbb.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0471?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-0471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2008-3224 Other in n/a
- CVE-2008-1766 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in phpBB before 3.0.1 have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "two minor security-related bu
- CVE-2025-70810 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2001-1471 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2026-29199 phpBB has Password Reset Link Poisoning via Host Header injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9c9w-285g-2x4j.