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CVE-2002-0287

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0210%

EPSS Percentile0.95th

PublishedMay 31, 2002

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

pforum 1.14 and earlier does not explicitly enable PHP magic quotes, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges via an SQL injection attack when the PHP server is not configured to use magic quotes by default.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Powie

Pforum

<= 1.14

References & Advisories

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101389284625019&w=2

🔗 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8203.php

🔗 http://www.powie.de/news/index.php

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4114

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101389284625019&w=2

🔗 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8203.php

🔗 http://www.powie.de/news/index.php

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4114

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