CVE-2008-4125: Phpbb

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.

Affected products

• Phpbb Phpbb: version 2 only

Published 2008-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.