SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape.
This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment.
Here are this week’s highlights:
10-year-old phpBB flaw enables session hijacking
Researchers uncovered a critical authentication bypass in phpBB versions up to 3.3.16 and 4.0.0-a2. A single unauthenticated HTTP request can impersonate any user, including admins, exposing private messages and forum content, and providing full administrative control. phpBB users should upgrade immediately to 3.3.17 or the latest master branch. The issue, reported via HackerOne, received a patch within days, but thousands of active forums remain exposed.
