Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-1244

Title: phpBB SQL injection user password brute force

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2003-1244

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Dec 31, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-1244: SQL injection vulnerability in page_header.php in phpBB 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to brute force user passwords and possibly gain unauthorized access to forums via the forum_id parameter to index.php.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11376.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6888 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11376.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6888

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-2003-1244 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22267

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 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.