CVE-2002-1757

Exp

PHProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 relies on the $PHP_SELF variable for authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for scripts via a request to a .php file with "sms" in the URL, which is included in the PATH_INFO portion of the $PHP_SELF variable, as demonstrated using "mail_send.php/sms".

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1757 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.14%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-1757

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21421 exploit_db edb 2002-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1757

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 2.82% 3.14% +0.32%
2 2026-05-16 3.40% 2.82% -0.57%
3 2026-03-05 — 3.40% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1757

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-2002-1757

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1757

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phprojekt phprojekt 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.1a cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 2.4a cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phprojekt phprojekt 3.1a cpe:2.3:a:phprojekt:phprojekt:3.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1757

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