CVE-2002-1757 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 relies on the $PHP_SELF variable for authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for scripts via a request to a .php file with "sms" in the URL, which is included in the PATH_INFO portion of the $PHP_SELF variable, as demonstrated using "mail_send.php/sms".
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.14% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phprojekt | phprojekt |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHProjekt 2.x/3.x - Authentication Bypass | 2002-04-25 |
References
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