Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2 Error Message modules.php show Path information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file modules.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument show causes information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-1998. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file modules.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument show with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Downloads module in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.2 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via an invalid show parameter to modules.php, which reveals the full path in a PHP error message.

The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at waraxe.us. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1998 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 entries VDB-21849 and VDB-21848 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Francisco Burzi

Name

• PHP-Nuke

Version

• 6.0
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://bitbucket.org/phpnuke/phpnuke

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