CVE-2003-1258

Exp

activate.php in versatileBulletinBoard (vBB) 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access via a URL request with the uid parameter set to the webmaster uid.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1258 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1258

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1258

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 2025-08-24 0.90% 1.30% +0.40%
2 2025-03-17 0.45% 0.90% +0.45%
3 2024-10-23 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1258

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-2003-1258

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1258

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
versatilebulletinboard versatilebulletinboard 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:versatilebulletinboard:versatilebulletinboard:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
versatilebulletinboard versatilebulletinboard 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:versatilebulletinboard:versatilebulletinboard:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1258

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