CVE-2004-1315

highpriority · attend · 65EPSS 0.725 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

5 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

72.5% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as exploited by the Santy.A worm.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/unix/webapp/phpbb_highlightphpBB viewtopic.php Arbitrary Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16890phpBB - 'viewtopic.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-24274phpBB 2.0.x - 'viewtopic.php' PHP Script Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-647phpBB 2.0.10 - Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-12510PHP-Nuke 7.0/8.1/8.1.35 - Wormable Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
phpbb group phpbball versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 1.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.6cnvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb group phpbb= 2.0.6dnvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-11-12modified 2026-06-16

references (22)

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