CVE-2002-1537 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

admin_ug_auth.php in phpBB 2.0.0 allows local users to gain administrator privileges by directly calling admin_ug_auth.php with modifed form fields such as "u".

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very 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_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1519	admin_ug_auth.php in phpBB 2.0.0 allows local users to gain administrator privileges by directly calling admin_ug_auth.php with modifed form fields such as "u".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00496.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0385.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10489.php
http://www.osvdb.org/4284
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6056

History

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Subscriptions

Phpbb Group Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.799Z

Reserved: 2003-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1537

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1537

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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