CVE-2002-1820

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 28, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUltimate PHP Board

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

register.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.0 and 1.0b uses an administrative account Admin with a capital "A," but allows a remote attacker to impersonate the administrator by registering an account name of admin with a lower case "a."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken LinkPatch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9972.php
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/289417
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5580

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-178

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