CVE-2003-1340

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.6 and 6.5 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) a uid (user) cookie to modules.php; and allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via an aid (admin) cookie to the Web_Links module in a (2) viewlink, (3) MostPopular, or (4) NewLinksDate action, different vectors than CVE-2003-0279.

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-2003-1340 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). 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-2003-1340

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1340

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 2026-05-20 0.28% 0.48% +0.20%
2 2025-03-17 0.19% 0.28% +0.10%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1340

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1340

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1340

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnuke php-nuke 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1340

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