Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0473
CVE-2002-0473
Description
db.php in phpBB 2.0 (aka phpBB2) RC-3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code from remote servers via the phpbb_root_path parameter.
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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.0 RC-3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
8- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4380nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/262600nvdVendor Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8476.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0221.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0229.htmlnvd
- phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.phpnvd
- prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.1.zipnvd
- www.osvdb.org/4268nvd
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