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TI-2001-01423 Aliases CVE-2001-1471GHSA-xxf9-rgcc-942c

prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-665Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via an invalid language value, which prevents the variables (1) $l_statsblock in prefs.php or (2) $l_privnotify in auth.php from being properly initialized, which can be modified by the user and later used in an eval statement.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07702 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.0VulnerablephpBB
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·phpBB

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1471
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxf9-rgcc-942c

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2025-43137 Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in Phpbb phbb3 v.3.3.15 allows a local attacker… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-03086 Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-01694 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in phpBB before 3.0.1 have unknown impact and attack… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-06909 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/not_mem.php in the Add Name module… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-12678 In phpBB before 3.1.7-PL1, includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php has improper verification of a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-13664 Passing an absolute path to a file_exists check in phpBB before 3.2.4 allows Remote Code… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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