CVE-2001-1471 describes a critical arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerability in phpBB versions 1.4.0 and earlier. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by providing an invalid language value, leading to uninitialized variables ($l_statsblock or $l_privnotify) that can be manipulated and subsequently executed via an eval statement. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-21065), and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.