PT-2001-2065 · Php · Php-Nuke

Published 2001-11-21 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0911

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP-Nuke version 5.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing a cookie and decoding it, as user and administrator passwords are stored in a base-64 encoded cookie.

Recommendations For PHP-Nuke version 5.1, consider implementing secure password storage mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive areas of the application to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0911

Affected Products

Php-Nuke

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0911 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638850219503&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7596 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0911 · Note