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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2003-1258 json

activate.php in versatileBulletinBoard (vBB) 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access via a URL r…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1248

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

activate.php in versatileBulletinBoard (vBB) 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access via a URL request with the uid parameter set to the webmaster uid.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0017.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/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.