Lebios phptonuke 1.0 phptonuke.php filnavn cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Lebios phptonuke 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file phptonuke.php. The manipulation of the argument filnavn leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1995. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lebios phptonuke 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file phptonuke.php. The manipulation of the argument filnavn with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phptonuke.php for PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filnavn parameter.

The bug was discovered 01/06/2002. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1995 since 07/14/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available 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 359 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:phptonuke.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11018 (PHP-Nuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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 X-Force (7837), Exploit-DB (21206), SecurityFocus (BID 3807†), OSVDB (59093†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-12029†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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01/06/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +359 days 🔍
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07/14/2005 +926 days 🔍
06/26/2006 +347 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +2962 days 🔍
08/31/2025 +4044 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1995 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19637
X-Force: 7837
SecurityFocus: 3807 - PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59093 - PhpNuke, Cross-Site Scripting via PhptoNuke.php AddOn
Vulnerability Center: 12029 - PHP-Nuke XSS via filnavn Parameter, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2014 11:44
Updated: 08/31/2025 08:29
Changes: 08/05/2014 11:44 (59), 06/21/2019 09:31 (3), 01/20/2025 12:48 (27), 08/31/2025 08:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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