CVE-2003-0493

Snitz Forums 3.4.03 and earlier allows attackers to gain privileges as other users by stealing and replaying the encrypted password after obtaining a valid session ID.

Published: 2003-08-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2003-0493 is rated High Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.78%). EPSS rose +1.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0493

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 0.46% 1.78% +1.32%
2 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.46% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.77% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0493

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-2003-0493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
snitz_communications snitz_forums_2000 3.4.03 cpe:2.3:a:snitz_communications:snitz_forums_2000:3.4.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0493

cvelogic Threat Intelligence