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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2000-1230 json

Backdoor in auth.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to access restricted web pages via an HTTP request with the PHP_AUTH_USER par…

published 2000-12-31 25 y ago modified 2026-09-23 46 d ago also EUVD-2000-1212

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Backdoor in auth.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to access restricted web pages via an HTTP request with the PHP_AUTH_USER parameter set to "boogieman".

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20588)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20588 Phorum 3.0.7 - 'auth.php3' Backdoor Access webapps, 2000-01-06
  • digitalsec.net http://www.digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cert.uni-stuttgart.de http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/01/msg00215.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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