Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0473

RCE

Title: phpBB db.php remote code execution via phpbb_root_path

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0473.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 12, 2002
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.27%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0473: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
phpbb 1
P
phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0473 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.