PHP-Nuke $prefix variable could allow a remote attacker to gain administrative access
| php-nuke-prefix-admin-access (6945) |  High Risk |
Description:
PHP-Nuke could allow a remote attacker to gain administrative access to the database, caused by an input validation vulnerability in the config.php script. The config.php script fails to properly validate certain user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit their own value for the $prefix variable and modify SQL queries to gain unauthorized administrative access to the database.
Platforms Affected:
- FreeBSD, FreeBSD
- PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 5.0
- PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 5.0.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Aug 03 2001 - 14:47:04 CDT, 3 phpnuke bugs (2 possibly lead to admin privs) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0057.html.
- PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke at http://phpnuke.org/.
- BID-3149: PHP-Nuke Remote SQL Query Manipulation Vulnerability
- CVE-2001-1025: PHP-Nuke 5.x allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary SQL operations by modifying the prefix variable when calling any scripts that do not already define the prefix variable (e.g., by including mainfile.php), such as article.php.
Reported:
Aug 03, 2001
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