PHP Nuke Double Hex Encoded Input Validation Vulnerability

BID:13557

Info

PHP Nuke Double Hex Encoded Input Validation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13557
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 09 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.7
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.6
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.3
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
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.6
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.5
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.4
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.3.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2 a
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0.1
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.4.1 a
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.4
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 3.0
- Linux kernel 2.2
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 2.5
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 1.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 0.726 -3
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 0.75 -RC3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP Nuke Double Hex Encoded Input Validation Vulnerability

PHP Nuke is prone to an input validation vulnerability. Reports indicate the script fails to correctly identify potentially dangerous characters when the characters are double hex-encoded (i.e. %25%41 == %41 == A).

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to bypass PHP Nuke protections and exploit issues that exist in the underlying PHP Nuke installation.

Exploit / POC

PHP Nuke Double Hex Encoded Input Validation Vulnerability

The following examples are available:

Will be filtered:
'modules.php?FistFucker=()'

Will be bypassed:
'modules.php?FistFucker=%2528%2529'


Will be filtered:
'/**/UNION/**/SELECT/**/'

Will be bypassed:
'/%2A%2A/UNION/%2A%2A/SELECT/%2A%2A/'

Solution / Fix

PHP Nuke Double Hex Encoded Input Validation 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 Double Hex Encoded Input Validation Vulnerability

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