A vulnerability was found in PHP-Nuke 8.3 (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file modules.php. The manipulation of the argument topics[] with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in the Submit_News module for PHP-Nuke 8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the topics[] parameter to modules.php.

The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-3934 since 06/02/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:modules.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 67656†).

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