PHP-Nuke admin.php could allow remote attackers to upload and overwrite files
| php-nuke-admin-file-overwrite (7170) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP-Nuke could allow a remote attacker to overwrite files on the Web server, caused by a vulnerability in the admin.php script. When the admin.php script is requested with the upload variable set, the script fails to check whether the user is an administrator. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload and overwrite files on the Web server, which may allow an attacker to gain access to the host.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 24 2001 - 14:31:16 CDT: twlc advisory: all versions of php nuke are vulnerable.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 24 2001 - 23:41:14 CDT: Re: twlc advisory: all versions of php nuke are vulnerable.
- PHP-Nuke Security Advisory: phpNuke and PostNuke file access vulnerability.
- PHP-Nuke Web site: PHP-Nuke.
- BID-3361: PHPNuke Remote File Copy Vulnerability
- CVE-2001-1032: admin.php in PHP-Nuke 5.2 and earlier, except 5.0RC1, does not check login credentials for upload operations, which allows remote attackers to copy and upload arbitrary files and read the PHP-Nuke configuration file by directly calling admin.php with an upload parameter and specifying the file to copy.
- US-CERT VU#933955: PHPNuke `admin.php` script does not adequately authenticate users, thereby allowing malicious user to copy, move, or upload files
Platforms Affected:
- FreeBSD FreeBSD
- PHPNuke PHP-Nuke 5.0
- PHPNuke PHP-Nuke 5.0.1
- PHPNuke PHP-Nuke 5.1
- PHPNuke PHP-Nuke 5.2
Reported:
Sep 24, 2001
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