PHP-Nuke account manager module SQL injection
| phpnuke-accountmanager-sql-injection (10516) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to SQL injection in the account manager module. A remote attacker could insert a backslash character (\) into the "bio" field, which would cause an escape character from the query to be removed, allowing the attacker to modify the logic of the SQL query and add, modify, or delete data in the backend database.
Platforms Affected:
- PHP-Nuke, PHP-Nuke 5.6
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PHP-Nuke (6.0 or later), available from the PHP-Nuke Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.31.02c, PHP-Nuke SQL Injection Vulnerability at http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=44.
- PHP-Nuke Web site, PHP-Nuke: Downloads at http://www.phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=1.
- BID-6088: PHP-Nuke 5.6 Modules.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1242: SQL injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke before 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to modify the database and gain privileges via the bio argument to modules.php.
- OSVDB ID: 6244: PHP-Nuke modules.php bio Variable SQL Injection
Reported:
Oct 31, 2002
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