CVE-2002-0473

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 2.0_beta1, 2.0_rc1, 2.0_rc2, 2.0_rc3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0221.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0229.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/262600
http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9483
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.1.zip
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8476.php
http://www.osvdb.org/4268
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4380
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0221.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0229.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/262600
http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9483

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