Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) eid parameter or (2) query parameter to the Encyclopedia module, (3) preview_review function in the Reviews module as demonstrated by the url, cover, rlanguage, and hits parameters, or (4) savecomment function in the Reviews module, as demonstrated using the uname parameter. NOTE: the Faq/categories and Encyclopedia/ltr issues are already covered by CVE-2005-1023.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- PHP-Nuke 6.x/7.x Encyclopedia Module - Multiple Function Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-24191 · webapps · Jun 11, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- phpnuke-faq-encyclopedia-xss(16406) vdb-entry
- 6999 vdb-entry
- 6997 vdb-entry
- 11852 third-party-advisory
- 20040611 [waraxe-2004-SA#032 - Multiple security flaws in PhpNuke 6.x - 7.3] mailing-list
- 10524 vdb-entry
- 6998 vdb-entry