SQL Injection in phpBB Group

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2003-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpBB Group — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/6888 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/11376.php (Patch, vdb-entry)