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CVE-2002-0533
phpBB 1.4.4 and earlier with BBcode allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) and corrupt the database via…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
Description
phpBB 1.4.4 and earlier with BBcode allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) and corrupt the database via null \0 characters within [code] tags.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- phpbb-bbcode-function-dos(8764) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020404 (WSS-Advisories-02003) PHPBB BBcode Process Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4432 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020404 [VulnWatch] (WSS-Advisories-02003) PHPBB BBcode Process Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 20020404 (WSS-Advisories-02003) PHPBB BBcode Process Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- 4434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .