CVE-2002-1482

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in login.php for phpGB 1.20 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is not enabled, allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges via SQL code in the password entry.

Published: 2003-04-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1482 is rated High Exploit Risk (80/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1482

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21778 exploit_db edb 2002-09-09 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1482

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 2025-03-17 0.21% 0.69% +0.48%
2 2023-03-07 0.99% 0.21% -0.78%
3 2022-02-04 0.99%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1482

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-2002-1482

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1482

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpgb phpgb 1.30 cpe:2.3:a:phpgb:phpgb:1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1482

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