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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in PHProjekt up to 3.1a. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument sms leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1757. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHProjekt up to 3.1a and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument sms with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 relies on the $PHP_SELF variable for authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for scripts via a request to a .php file with "sms" in the URL, which is included in the PATH_INFO portion of the $PHP_SELF variable, as demonstrated using "mail_send.php/sms".

The weakness was published 12/31/2002 by Ulf Harnhammar (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1757 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10596 (PHProjekt Login Bypass Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8943), Exploit-DB (21421), SecurityFocus (BID 4596†), OSVDB (59531†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-13523†). Similar entry is available at VDB-19401. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Name

• PHProjekt

Version

• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.1a
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.4a
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.1a

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/24/2002 🔍
04/25/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +250 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
12/21/2006 +548 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +2783 days 🔍
09/01/2025 +4046 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Ulf Harnhammar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1757 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1757
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19400
X-Force: 8943
SecurityFocus: 4596 - PHProjekt Login Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59531 - PHPProjekt, Login Bypass via Script Code
Vulnerability Center: 13523 - PHProjekt Authentication Bypass via $PHP_SELF Variable, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:45
Updated: 09/01/2025 22:23
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:45 (57), 07/12/2019 12:44 (3), 01/25/2025 17:09 (27), 09/01/2025 22:23 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:0A4:103

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