CVE-2002-1723 describes a path disclosure vulnerability in Powerboards 2.2b, allowing remote attackers to view the full path to the backend database. This is achieved by sending a crafted cookie with a non-existent username to profiles.php, which then reveals the path in an error message. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerboards:powerboards:2.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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