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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-1373

CVE-2003-1373

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

5
  • PhpBB/phpBB5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=1.4.0, <=1.4.4

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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