Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.4 URL banners.php privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.4. Affected is an unknown function of the file banners.php of the component URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0383. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 4.4 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing of the file banners.php of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

banners.php in PHP-Nuke 4.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify banner ad URLs by directly calling the Change operation, which does not require authentication.

The bug was discovered 04/02/2001. The weakness was published 06/18/2001 by LINUX (Website). The advisory is shared at phpnuke.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0383. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:banners.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10344 (PHP Nuke Remote Ad Banner URL Change Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6342), Exploit-DB (20729), SecurityFocus (BID 2544†), OSVDB (1781†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5971†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: phpnuke.org
Researcher: LINUX
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-0383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16785
X-Force: 6342
SecurityFocus: 2544 - PHP Nuke Remote Ad Banner URL Change Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1781 - PHP Nuke - Remote Ad Banner - URL Change Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5971 - PHP-Nuke <= 4.4 Allows Ad Banner URL Change, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 13:12
Updated: 10/06/2025 15:55
Changes: 07/04/2014 13:12 (63), 06/03/2019 11:02 (4), 12/30/2024 04:32 (27), 10/06/2025 15:55 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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