CVE-2003-1373

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2003-1373 · Published 31/12/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1373 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting phpbb (phpbb group).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpbb phpbb_group	`= 1.4.0= 1.4.1= 1.4.2= 1.4.4`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html
securityfocus.com/bid/6889
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407

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