PHP-Nuke/PostNuke Cookie Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in PHP-Nuke and PostNuke. Affected is an unknown function of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation results in missing encryption (Password). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0911. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP-Nuke and PostNuke (Content Management System) (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.

The weakness was published 11/21/2001 with isec as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0911. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11236 (PHP-Nuke Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10437 (PHP Nuke Weak Encryption In User Cookie Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7596), Tenable (11236), SecurityFocus (BID 3567†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2238†). Similar entries are available at VDB-16657, VDB-16675, VDB-17292 and VDB-17712. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Missing encryption / Password
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11236
Nessus Name: PHP-Nuke Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/21/2001 🔍
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11/21/2001 +0 days 🔍
11/22/2001 +1 days 🔍
02/17/2003 +452 days 🔍
10/08/2003 +233 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +3928 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +4101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Organization: isec
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0911 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0911
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17610
X-Force: 7596 - PHP-Nuke and PostNuke use weak encryption for passwords stored in authentication cookies
SecurityFocus: 3567 - PHP Nuke Weak Encryption In User Cookie Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2238 - PHP-Nuke and PostNuke Enables Decoding of Administrator Username and Password, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 12:44
Updated: 10/01/2025 10:33
Changes: 07/10/2014 12:44 (42), 05/15/2019 14:49 (28), 10/01/2025 10:33 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:457:103

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