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A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1803. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 6.0 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript in an IMG tag.

The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1803 since 06/29/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (21859) and SecurityFocus (BID 5796†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-19447, VDB-19448, VDB-19449 and VDB-19450. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Content Management System

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• Francisco Burzi

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• PHP-Nuke

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• 6.0

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• open-source

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