CVE-2002-1481

Exp

savesettings.php in phpGB 1.20 and earlier does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary PHP code by using savesettings.php to modify config.php.

Published: 2003-04-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1481 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.76%, 90th percentile). 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-2002-1481

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21783 exploit_db edb 2002-09-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1481

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 7.99% 6.76% -1.23%
2 2025-03-29 6.76% 7.99% +1.23%
3 2025-03-17 — 6.76% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1481

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1481

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1481

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpgb phpgb 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:phpgb:phpgb:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgb phpgb 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:phpgb:phpgb:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1481

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