CVE-2001-1370

Exp

prepend.php3 in PHPLib before 7.2d, when register_globals is enabled for PHP, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via an HTTP request that modifies $_PHPLIB[libdir] to point to malicious code on another server, as seen in Horde 1.2.5 and earlier, IMP before 2.2.6, and other packages that use PHPLib.

Published: 2001-07-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1370 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 30.07%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-1370

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21022 exploit_db edb 2001-07-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1370

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 2025-03-30 24.54% 30.07% +5.53%
2 2025-03-29 30.07% 24.54% -5.53%
3 2025-03-17 30.07%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1370

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1370

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1370

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phplib_team phplib 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:phplib_team:phplib:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phplib_team phplib 7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phplib_team:phplib:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phplib_team phplib 7.2b cpe:2.3:a:phplib_team:phplib:7.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phplib_team phplib 7.2c cpe:2.3:a:phplib_team:phplib:7.2c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1370

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