PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:16752

Info

PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 16752
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 21 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 22 2006 11:22PM
Credit: Maksymilian Arciemowicz is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.761
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.760 RC4
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.760 RC3
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.760 RC2
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.760
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.750 b
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.750
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.726
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.723
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.722
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke Phoenix 0.721
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.726 -3
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.721
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.703
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4b
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4a
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.75 -RC3
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.75
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.74
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.73
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.72
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.71
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.70
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.64
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.63
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.62
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
- Apache Apache 1.3.20
PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.7
Cisco Aironet 340 BR340 Firmware 0.761 a
Cisco Aironet 340 BR340 Firmware 0.761
Not Vulnerable: PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.762

Discussion

PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities


PostNuke is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities. These issues are due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, steal cookie-based authentication credentials, exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation, or control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept example are available:
Cross-site scripting examples:
http://www.example.com/user.php?op=edituser&htmltext=[code]
http://www.example.com/admin.php?module=NS-Languages&op=missing&language=">[code]
http://www.example.com/admin.php?module=NS-Languages&op=translation&language=[code]

SQL injection example:
http://www.example.com/admin.php?module=NS-Languages&op=missing&language=[sql]

Solution / Fix

PostNuke 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]


PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.62

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.63

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.64

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.7

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.70

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.703

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.71

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.72

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.721

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.726 -3

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.73

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.74

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.75

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.75 -RC3

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4b

PostNuke Development Team PostNuke 0.76 RC4a

Cisco Aironet 340 BR340 Firmware 0.761 a

Cisco Aironet 340 BR340 Firmware 0.761

References

PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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