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CVE-2002-0903

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: yes
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

register.php for WoltLab Burning Board (wbboard) 1.1.1 uses a small number of random values for the "code" parameter that is provided to action.php to approve a new registration, along with predictable new user ID's, which allows remote attackers to hijack new user accounts via a brute force attack on the new user ID and the code value.

Affected products

• Woltlab Burning Board: 1.1.1

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274269
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9177.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4859
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274269
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9177.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4859

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