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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-4260 EUVD-2005-4255GHSA-355w-pfx5-w3wr

Interpretation conflict in includes/mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and later allows remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) at…

Published Dec 15, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Interpretation conflict in includes/mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and later allows remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by replacing the ">" in the tag with a "<", which bypasses the regular expressions that sanitize the data, but is automatically corrected by many web browsers. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design limitation of many web browsers; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in PHP-Nuke.

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Exploit-DB 1

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