PHP-Nuke index.php script Search module SQL injection
| phpnuke-index-search-sql-injection (39850) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to SQL injection. If magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, a remote attacker with knowledge of the database table prefix could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the index.php script in the Search module using the sid parameter, which would allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information, such as the administrator's MD5 hash password, and add, modify or delete data in the backend 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 July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://www.phpnuke.org/.
- BID-27408: PHP-Nuke Search Module 'sid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-0461: SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Search module in PHP-Nuke 8.0 FINAL and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sid parameter in a comments action to modules.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- SA28624: PHP-Nuke "modules/Search/index.php" SQL Injection
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0264: PHP-Nuke Search Module sid Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 22, 2008
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