PHP-Nuke Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25171
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4212
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:36PM
Credit:	Mikispag is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 8.0 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 PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke 8.1
Not Vulnerable:

PHP-Nuke Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PHP-Nuke is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PHP-Nuke Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a malicious webpage.

PHP-Nuke Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

PHP-Nuke Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• PHP-Nuke Homepage (PHP-Nuke)
  
• PHP-Nuke (ALL versions) Multiple XSS and HTML injection ([email protected])