Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1707

Title: phpBB install.php remote PHP code execution

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1707.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1707: install.php in phpBB 2.0 through 2.0.1, when "allow_url_fopen" and "register_globals" variables are set to "on", allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the phpbb_root_dir parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277318 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5038 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9370 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277318 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5038 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9370

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1707 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2002 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:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.