CVE-2002-0287 — 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

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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

Published Apr 2, 2003

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.43%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.43% 0.02427

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02427

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.43% (0.02427)	83.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.43% (0.02427)	82.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.24% (0.00241)	45.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.19% (0.00194)	58.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 24, 2024	0.19% (0.00194)	57.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00194)	55.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101389284625019&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8203.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.powie.de/news/index.php
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4114
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101389284625019&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8203.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.powie.de/news/index.php		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4114		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 1, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0287

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0287

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0287