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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2001-1472 json

SQL injection vulnerability in prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands and g…

published 2001-08-03 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1452

cvss
4.6
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
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands and gain administrative access via the viewemail parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21046)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21046 phpBB 1.4 - SQL Query Manipulation webapps, 2001-08-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201715 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3142 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.