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CVE-2002-0533

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

phpBB 1.4.4 and earlier with BBcode allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) and corrupt the database via null \0 characters within [code] tags.

Affected products

• Phpbb Group Phpbb: 1.0.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 (+1)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0005.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101794993119738&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265798
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8764.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4432
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4434
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0005.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101794993119738&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265798
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8764.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4432
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4434

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