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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2000-1228 json

Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request for admin.php3 that se…

published 2000-12-31 25 y ago modified 2026-09-23 46 d ago also EUVD-2000-1210

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request for admin.php3 that sets step, option, confirm and newPssword variables.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20586)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20586 Phorum 3.0.7 - 'admin.php3' Unverified Administrative Password Change webapps, 2000-01-06
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2271 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:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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