PHP-Nuke block-Old_Articles.php SQL injection

phpnuke-blockoldarticles-sql-injection (31482) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the block-Old_Articles.php script using the cat 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 October 4, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jan 13 2007 - 03:53:55 CST , PHP-Nuke <= 7.9 Old-Articles Block "cat" SQL Injection vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-01/0362.html.
  • PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://phpnuke.org/.
  • BID-22037: PHP-Nuke Block-Old_Articles.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-0309: SQL injection vulnerability in blocks/block-Old_Articles.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter.
  • SA23748: PHP-Nuke "cat" Old Articles Block SQL Injection
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017511: PHP-Nuke Input Validation Flaw in `block-Old_Articles.php` Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands

Reported:

Jan 13, 2007

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