CVE-2000-1230

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2000-1230 · Published 31/12/2000 · updated 23/09/2026

In short

CVE-2000-1230 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting phorum (phorum).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phorum phorum	`= 3.0.7`	No fix yet

Description

Backdoor in auth.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to access restricted web pages via an HTTP request with the PHP_AUTH_USER parameter set to "boogieman".

References

cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/01/msg00215.html · Exploit
hispahack.ccc.de/mi020.html
digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/2274

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