CVE-2004-1724: PHP Fusion

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ReadMe First.txt file in PHP-Fusion 4.0 instructs users to set the permissions on the fusion_admin/db_backups directory to world read/write/execute (777), which allows remote attackers to download or view database backups, which have easily guessable filenames and contain the administrator username and password.

Affected products

• PHP Fusion PHP Fusion: version 4.0 only

Published 2004-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.