CVE-2003-1373

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-12-31

Updated: 2017-07-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High