CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1707

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

install.php in phpBB 2.0 through 2.0.1, when "allow_url_fopen" and "register_globals" variables are set to "on", allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the phpbb_root_dir parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

Affected configurations

• phpbb group phpbb 2.0.0 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc2 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc3 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc4

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
  • CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program weakness

References