CVE-2003-1244

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in page_header.php in phpBB 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to brute force user passwords and possibly gain unauthorized access to forums via the forum_id parameter to index.php.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1244 is rated High Exploit Risk (75/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.98%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2003-1244

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22267 exploit_db edb 2003-02-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1244

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 2026-02-20 1.16% 1.98% +0.82%
2 2025-06-10 1.00% 1.16% +0.16%
3 2025-03-30 1.00%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1244

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-2003-1244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1244

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