Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-1216

Title: phpBB SQL injection via search_id

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2003-1216

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 27, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.77%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-1216: SQL injection vulnerability in search.php for phpBB 2.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL and gain privileges via the search_id parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106997132425576&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107005608726609&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107196735102970&w=2 http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=153818 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9122 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13867 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106997132425576&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107005608726609&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107196735102970&w=2 http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=153818 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9122 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13867

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-1216 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/137

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 27, 2003 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.