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CVE-2023-34249: benjjvi/PyBB may send unsanitized request to SQL database

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

benjjvi/PyBB is an open source bulletin board. Prior to commit dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2, benjjvi/PyBB is vulnerable to SQL Injection. This vulnerability has been fixed as of commit dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2. As a workaround, a user may be able to update the software manually to avoid this problem by sanitizing user queries to `BulletinDatabaseModule.py`.

Affected products

• benjjvi PyBB: before 0.1.0 — fixed in 0.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: benjjvi PyBB 0.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/commit/dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2
• https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/security/advisories/GHSA-5qrx-fgxq-95gg
• https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/commit/dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2
• https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/security/advisories/GHSA-5qrx-fgxq-95gg

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