CVE-2002-0473

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4380

http://www.osvdb.org/4268

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8476.php

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.1.zip

http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9483

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/262600

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0229.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0221.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-08-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H