7.5high

CVE-2002-17571 exploit

PHProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 relies on the $PHP_SELF variable for authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for s…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.1%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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".

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21421 PHProjekt 2.x/3.x - Authentication Bypass · webapps · 2002-04-25

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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