{
    "id": "CVE-2004-1315",
    "published": "2004-11-12 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:07:27",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as exploited by the Santy.A worm.",
    "epss_score": "0.72096",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99416",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "phpbb_group",
            "product": "phpbb"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16890",
            "title": "phpBB - 'viewtopic.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2010-07-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16890"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "12510",
            "title": "PHP-Nuke 7.0/8.1/8.1.35 - Wormable Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2010-05-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12510"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "647",
            "title": "phpBB 2.0.10 - Remote Command Execution",
            "date": "2004-11-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/647"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "24274",
            "title": "phpBB 2.0.x - 'viewtopic.php' PHP Script Injection",
            "date": "2004-07-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24274"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400",
        "http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400",
        "http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32"
    ]
}