PHP-Nuke module.php script multiple parameters enable SQL injection
| phpnuke-modulephp-sql-injection (22247) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could supply a specially-crafted POST request containing malicious SQL code to the module.php script using the name, sid, or pid parameter, which would enable the attacker to obtain sensitive information, and add, modify or delete data in the backend database.
Platforms Affected:
- PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.8
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PHP-Nuke (8.1 or later), available from the PHP-Nuke Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List: Mon Sep 12 2005 - 11:31:47 CDT, PHP Nuke <= 7.8 Multiple SQL Injections at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-09/0119.html.
- PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://www.phpnuke.org/.
- BID-14815: PHPNuke Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-4715: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in modules.php in PHP-Nuke 7.8, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) name, (2) sid, and (3) pid parameters in a POST request, which bypasses security checks that are performed for GET requests.
- OSVDB ID: 19351: PHP-Nuke modules.php Multiple Variable POST Request SQL Injection
- SA16801: PHP-Nuke SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 13, 2005
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