PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:16691

Info

PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16691
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-0679
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 17 2006 02:42AM
Credit: sp3x is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.7
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.6
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.5
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.4
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.3
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.2
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.1
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.0
Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.8
Not Vulnerable: PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.9

Discussion

PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

PHPNuke is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in SQL queries.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability


No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/[phpnuke_dir]/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=new_user
And fill in all Fields but in Nickname: field enter : ' or 1=1/*


The following proof of concept exploit is also available:

Solution / Fix

PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released version 7.9.0 to address this issue.


PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.0

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.1

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.2

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.3

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.4

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.5

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.6

PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.7

References

PHPNuke Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

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