Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2 Downloads modules.php ttitle/sid cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2. This affects an unknown part of the file modules.php of the component Downloads Module. Such manipulation of the argument ttitle/sid leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1999. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file modules.php of the component Downloads Module. The manipulation of the argument ttitle/sid 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Downloads module in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the (1) ttitle or (2) sid parameters to modules.php.

The weakness was presented 05/05/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1999 since 05/04/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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 (16073) and Secunia (SA11553†). See VDB-21849 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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

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• open-source

Website

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

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