Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2 Configuration File admin.php Upload privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin.php of the component Configuration File. The manipulation of the argument Upload leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1032. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 5.2 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file admin.php of the component Configuration File. The manipulation of the argument upload with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

admin.php in PHP-Nuke 5.2 and earlier, except 5.0RC1, does not check login credentials for upload operations, which allows remote attackers to copy and upload arbitrary files and read the PHP-Nuke configuration file by directly calling admin.php with an upload parameter and specifying the file to copy.

The weakness was published 09/24/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1032. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10772 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10396 (PHP Nuke Remote File Copy Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1300. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 818.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7170), Tenable (10772), SecurityFocus (BID 3361†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-362†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 10772

OpenVAS ID: 10772
OpenVAS Name: PHP-Nuke copying files security vulnerability (admin.php)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1300
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP admin.php file upload attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-1032 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17435
X-Force: 7170
SecurityFocus: 3361 - PHPNuke Remote File Copy Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 362 - PHPNuke Remote File Copy Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 13:25
Updated: 09/30/2025 07:03
Changes: 07/09/2014 13:25 (70), 05/06/2019 14:59 (5), 09/30/2025 07:03 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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