Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-1373

Title: PhpBB directory traversal arbitrary file include

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-1373.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Dec 31, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.27%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-1373: Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-1373 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, 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.