CVE-2002-1537

Exp

admin_ug_auth.php in phpBB 2.0.0 allows local users to gain administrator privileges by directly calling admin_ug_auth.php with modifed form fields such as "u".

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1537 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.98% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1537

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1537

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 0.50% 2.48% +1.98%
2 2026-02-01 0.41% 0.50% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1537

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-2002-1537

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1537

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1537

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