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CVE-2002-0764· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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 tha

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.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Aug 12, 2002
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
38.3% · 99th percentile
CWE
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Action score

41

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
11 / 30 · 38.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
phorumphorum

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • phorum phorum3.3.2a

Same product

phorum: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2003-1487Multiple "command injection" vulnerabilities in Phorum 3.4 through 3.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and modify the
    42Plan
  • CVE-2007-2338Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in include/admin/banlist.php in Phorum before 5.1.22 allows remote attackers to perform unau
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2339Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Phorum before 5.1.22 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) a modified r
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-6550PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common.php in Phorum 3.2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-3053PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in common.php in PHORUM 5.1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2000-1233SQL injection vulnerability in read.php3 and other scripts in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the
    31Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2002-05-17

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-87 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+8815 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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