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TI-2002-00276 Aliases CVE-2002-0287GHSA-vcrg-5h29-5gv2

pforum 1.14 and earlier does not explicitly enable PHP magic quotes, which allows remote…

Priority MEDIUM 47Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02427 84th 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:powie:pforum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.14VulnerablePowie
  • cpe:2.3:a:powie:pforum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.14 Vulnerable ·Powie

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0287
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcrg-5h29-5gv2

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2002-00308 Cross-site scripting vulnerability in edituser.php for pforum 1.14 and earlier allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-04154 SQL injection vulnerability in showprofil.php in Powie PSCRIPT Forum (aka PHP Forum or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05806 SQL injection vulnerability in editpoll.php in Powie's PHP Forum (pForum) 1.29a and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-01592 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PForum before 1.26 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8

Sources

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