PHP-Nuke News Module index.php SQL injection

news-index-sql-injection (30525) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

PHP-Nuke News Module is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the index.php script using the sid 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 August 16, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Nov 24 2006 - 02:13:13 CST , PHP-Nuke <= 7.9 News module "sid" SQL Injection vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-11/0481.html.
  • PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://phpnuke.org/.
  • BID-21277: PHP-Nuke News Module Index.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-6200: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the (1) rate_article and (2) rate_complete functions in modules/News/index.php in the News module in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sid parameter.
  • FrSIRT/ADV-2006-4739: PHP-Nuke News Module sid Parameter Handling SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • SA23128: PHP-Nuke "modules/News/index.php" SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017282: PHP-Nuke Input Validation Flaw in News Module in `sid` Parameter Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands

Reported:

Nov 24, 2006

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