OSVDB ID: 20866

Title: PHP-Nuke Search Module query Parameter SQL Injection

Info

Disclosure

Nov 15, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Nov 15, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

PHP-Nuke contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the search module not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'query' variable. This may allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.9 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

PHPNuke.org

PHP-Nuke

7.8

References

Credit

  • sp3x -


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/20866