PT-2011-3160 · Php Nuke · Php-Nuke

Published 2011-06-21 · Updated 2018-08-13 · CVE-2011-1481

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP-Nuke versions 8.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sender name or sender email parameter in a Feedback action to "modules.php" API endpoint. This can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For PHP-Nuke versions 8.0 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Feedback action in modules.php until a patch is available. Avoid using the sender name and sender email parameters in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1481

Affected Products

Php-Nuke

References · 5

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/8 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/30/7 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1481 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1481 · Note
• http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bphpnuke-8.x%5D_cross_site_scripting · Note