CVE-2002-0473 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

db.php in phpBB 2.0 (aka phpBB2) RC-3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code from remote servers via the phpbb_root_path parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16891.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_beta1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc3:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Phpbb Group Subscribe	Phpbb Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0221.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0229.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/262600
http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9483
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.1.zip
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8476.php
http://www.osvdb.org/4268
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4380

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.790Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0473

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0473

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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