Vulnerability in Ultimate PHP Board Project

CVE-2002-1820

register.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.0 and 1.0b uses an administrative account Admin with a capital "A," but allows a remote attacker to impersonate the administrator by registering an account name of admin with a lower case "a."

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2002-1820: held from 0.024 to 0.024.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1820?
CVE-2002-1820 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ultimate PHP Board Project, classified under Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-1820?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.