PHP-Nuke index.php SQL injection

phpnuke-index-sql-injection (32607) 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 index.php script using the HTTP_REFERER 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
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 8.0
  • PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 8.0 Final

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Feb 20 2007 - 12:04:45 CST, Blind sql injection attack in INSERT syntax on PHP-nuke <=8.0 Final at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0464.html.
  • PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://phpnuke.org/.
  • BID-22638: PHP-Nuke Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-1061: SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 Final and earlier, when the HTTP Referers block is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the HTTP Referer header (HTTP_REFERER variable).
  • SA24224: PHP-Nuke HTTP "referer" SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-0673: PHP-Nuke HTTP_REFERER Variable Handling Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Feb 20, 2007

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