Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1472

Title: phpBB prefs.php SQL injection via viewemail parameter

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-1472

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 03, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.58%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1472: SQL injection vulnerability in prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands and gain administrative access via the viewemail parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314347 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3142 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6944 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314347 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3142 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6944

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1472 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21046

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 03, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.