CVE-2001-1471 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via an invalid language value, which prevents the variables (1) $l_statsblock in prefs.php or (2) $l_privnotify in auth.php from being properly initialized, which can be modified by the user and later used in an eval statement.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01172.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0123.html
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2001-08/0087.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/920931
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3167
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6944

History

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Subscriptions

Phpbb Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.023Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1471

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1471

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-665

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