CVE-2002-0764 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 38.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Phorum 3.3.2a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request to (1) plugin.php, (2) admin.php, or (3) del.php that modifies the PHORUM[settings_dir] variable to point to a directory that contains a PHP file with the commands.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 38.3% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-08-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phorum | phorum |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Phorum 3.3.2a - Remote Command Execution | 2002-05-17 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0147.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0153.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9107.php
- http://www.phorum.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4763
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0147.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0153.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9107.php
- http://www.phorum.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4763
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