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CVE-2002-1757

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 relies on the $PHP_SELF variable for authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for scripts via a request to a .php file with "sms" in the URL, which is included in the PATH_INFO portion of the $PHP_SELF variable, as demonstrated using "mail_send.php/sms".

Affected products

• Phprojekt: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.1a, 2.2, 2.3 (+5)

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269407
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4596
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8943
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269407
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4596
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8943

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