CVE-2000-1228

Exp

Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request for admin.php3 that sets step, option, confirm and newPssword variables.

Published: 2000-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1228 is rated Exploit Available (59.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-1228

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20586 exploit_db edb 2000-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1228

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 7.02% 2.46% -4.55%
2 2026-06-08 8.34% 7.02% -1.33%
3 2026-02-18 — 8.34% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1228

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1228

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1228

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1228

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