CVE-2002-1537: Phpbb Group Phpbb

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

admin_ug_auth.php in phpBB 2.0.0 allows local users to gain administrator privileges by directly calling admin_ug_auth.php with modifed form fields such as "u".

Affected products

• Phpbb Group Phpbb: version 2.0.0 only

Published 2003-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.