Path Traversal in phpBB Group
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- phpBB Group — versions 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407 (vdb-entry)