PHProjekt up to 3.1a upload privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in PHProjekt up to 3.1a. This impacts the function Upload. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-1759. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHProjekt up to 3.1a. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The upload function in PHPProjekt 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly verify certain variables related to uploaded data, which allows remote attackers to cause PHPProjekt to process arbitrary files.

The bug was discovered 04/24/2002. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by Ulf Harnhammar (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-1759 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 251 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10600 (PHPProjekt File Read 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 (8944), SecurityFocus (BID 4597†), OSVDB (59533†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-13525†). The entries VDB-19404, VDB-19403, VDB-19401 and VDB-19400 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/23/2002 🔍
04/24/2002 +1 days 🔍
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-2002-1759 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19402
X-Force: 8944
SecurityFocus: 4597 - PHProjekt File Read Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59533 - PHPProjekt, Reading Local Files with the Upload Function
Vulnerability Center: 13525 - PHProjekt File Uploading allows to Read Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:46
Updated: 09/01/2025 22:23
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:46 (57), 07/12/2019 12:50 (4), 09/01/2025 22:23 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:753:103

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