PHP-Nuke Web Mail Script Injection Vulnerability

BID:6400

Info

PHP-Nuke Web Mail Script Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6400
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 16 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 16 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Ulf Harnhammer.
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke Web Mail Script Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the PHP-Nuke web mail module. Due to insufficient sanitization of HTML emails it is possible for an attacker to embed script code into malicious messages. Opening an email containing attacker-supplied script code would result in the execution of arbitrary script code within the client's browser.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke Web Mail Script Injection Vulnerability

The following exploit was provided:

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke Web Mail Script Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
An unofficial patch has been released by Ulf Harnhammer.

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] <mailto:[email protected]>.


Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0

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