CVE-2015-1432

The message_options function in includes/ucp/ucp_pm_options.php in phpBB before 3.0.13 does not properly validate the form key, which allows remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks and change the full folder setting via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-02-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1432 is rated Moderate Risk (49.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1432

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.51% 1.11% +0.61%
2 2025-04-17 0.43% 0.51% +0.07%
3 2025-03-17 0.43%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1432

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1432

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1432

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-1432: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-25), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/phpBB); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1432
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1432 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb3), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 6, ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1432

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1432

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb phpbb <= 3.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1432

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