CVE-2002-0764

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 38.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Phorum 3.3.2a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request to (1) plugin.php, (2) admin.php, or (3) del.php that modifies the PHORUM[settings_dir] variable to point to a directory that contains a PHP file with the commands.

Affected products

Phorum: 3.3.2a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0147.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0153.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9107.php
http://www.phorum.org/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4763
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0147.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0153.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9107.php
http://www.phorum.org/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4763

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