PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:10128

Info

PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10128
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This issue has been disclosed by Janek Vind "waraxe".
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0 FINAL
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.9
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.7
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.6
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 RC1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 FINAL
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5 BETA 1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.5
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Reportedly PHP-NuKe is prone to a remote cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the 'cookiedecode()' function to properly sanitize user supplied cookie parameters.

These issues could permit a remote attacker to create a malicious link to the vulnerable application that includes hostile HTML and script code. If this link were followed, the hostile code may be rendered in the web browser of the victim user. This would occur in the security context of the affected web site and may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://localhost/nuke71/index.php?user=MTo8c2NyaXB0PmFsZXJ0KGRvY3VtZW50LmNvb2tpZSk7PC9zY3JpcHQ%2bZm9vYmFy

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PHP-Nuke CookieDecode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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