PHP-Nuke Modules.PHP Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:6465

Info

PHP-Nuke Modules.PHP Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6465
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 23 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 23 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to "Ing. Bernardo Lopez" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke Modules.PHP Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for the modules.php script used by PHP-Nuke. The vulnerability occurs because the modules.php script does not properly validate some URI parameters.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by modifying certain parameters when making a request for the modules.php script. This will prevent visitors to the site hosting PHP-Nuke from creating a new account thereby leading to a denial of service vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke Modules.PHP Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

http://target.com/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&uname=

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke Modules.PHP Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

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