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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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
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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