PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:3807

Info

PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3807
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 06 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 06 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was submitted to the Vuln-Dev Mailing List on January 6th, 2002 by frog frog <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Lebios phptonuke.php 1.0
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.3.1
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2 a
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.1
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0.1
- Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phptonuke.php is a PHPNuke AddOn script to insert a PHP script into the middle of a PHPNuke site. It is written and maintained by Lebios.

It is possible for a malicious user to create a link to the phptonuke.php script which contains script code. When an unsuspecting web user browses the link, the script code will be executed in their browser in the context of the PHPNuke site.

This type of attack may be used to hijack a legitimate user's session via theft of cookie-based authentication credentials.

Exploit / POC

PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example will display an alert box:

http://phpnukesite/phptonuke.php?filnavn=<script>alert
(document.cookie)</script>

Solution / Fix

PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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