PHP-Nuke admin.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:8798

Info

PHP-Nuke admin.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8798
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 08 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 08 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to 1dt.w0lf <idtwolf_at_sigaret.net>.
Vulnerable: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP-Nuke admin.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

It has been reported that PHP-Nuke is prone to a SQL injection vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to inject malicious SQL syntax into database queries. The issue is said to occur within the admin.php file, specifically when authenticating to a server.

The cause of this problem is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to influence SQL query logic. Successful exploitation may disclose sensitive information about the underlying database to an attacker, which may be used to launch further attacks against a vulnerable system.

PHP-Nuke version 6.6 has been reported to be prone to this issue, however other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

PHP-Nuke admin.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

http://www.example.com/admin.php?op=login&pwd=123&aid=Admin'%20INTO%20OUTFILE%20'/path_to_file/pwd.txt

The following exploit code has been provided:

Solution / Fix

PHP-Nuke admin.php 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 are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PHP-Nuke admin.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

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