CVE-2003-1373

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407

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