PHP-Nuke Journal module search.php SQL injection

journal-search-sql-injection (29940) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

PHP-Nuke Journal module is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the search.php script using the forwhat parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.0
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.1
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.2
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.3
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.4
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.5
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.6
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.7
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.8
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 7.9

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 31 2006 - 10:42:24 CST , PHP-Nuke <= 7.9 Journal module (search.php) "forwhat" SQL Injection vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0520.html.
  • PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://phpnuke.org/.
  • BID-20829: PHP-Nuke Journal Module Search.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-5720: SQL injection vulnerability in modules/journal/search.php in the Journal module in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the forwhat parameter.
  • SA22617: PHP-Nuke "forwhat" SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-4295: PHP-Nuke forwhat Parameter Handling Remote SQL Query Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Oct 31, 2006

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