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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2001-0320 json

bb_smilies.php and bbcode_ref.php in PHP-Nuke 4.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and gain PHP administrator privileges by…

published 2001-04-04 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0320

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

bb_smilies.php and bbcode_ref.php in PHP-Nuke 4.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and gain PHP administrator privileges by inserting a null character and .. (dot dot) sequences into a malformed username argument.

Exploit prediction

2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0425.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.