Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in header.php in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pagetitle parameter.
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.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- PHP-Nuke 6.x/7.x - 'header.php?Pagetitle' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-27208 · webapps · Feb 13, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20060214 [waraxe-2006-SA#044] - XSS in phpNuke 7.8 and older versions mailing-list
- 16608 vdb-entry
- 18820 third-party-advisory
- 425 third-party-advisory
- http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-44.html
- ADV-2006-0542 vdb-entry
- phpnuke-header-xss(24650) vdb-entry