CVE-2002-1723 — Powerboards 2.2b allows remote attackers to view the full path to the backend database by sending a cookie containing a non-existent username to profiles.php, which displays the full path in the error message

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MEDIUM

Powerboards 2.2b allows remote attackers to view the full path to the backend database by sending a cookie containing a non-existent username to profiles.php, which displays the full path in the error message

Published Jun 21, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.37%

Description

Powerboards 2.2b allows remote attackers to view the full path to the backend database by sending a cookie containing a non-existent username to profiles.php, which displays the full path in the error message.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.37% 0.01373

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

EPSS probability 0.01373

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.37% (0.01373)	70.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.37% (0.01373)	68.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.39% (0.00391)	58.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.52% (0.00515)	77.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 28, 2024	0.52% (0.00515)	76.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.56% (0.00561)	76.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.56% (0.00561)	74.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/266665
mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/powerboards.txt
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8824
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/266665		mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/powerboards.txt		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8824		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 21, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 21, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1723

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1723

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1723