Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 index.php modpath file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument modpath results in file inclusion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-2018. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument modpath with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the modpath parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

The weakness was shared 05/17/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2018 since 05/04/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16218), Exploit-DB (24127), SecurityFocus (BID 10365†), OSVDB (6222†) and Secunia (SA11625†). The entries VDB-22991, VDB-22990 and VDB-82019 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22989
X-Force: 16218 - PHP-Nuke modpath PHP file include
SecurityFocus: 10365 - PHP-Nuke Modpath Parameter Potential File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 11625 - PHP-Nuke Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 6222 - PHP-Nuke index.php modpath Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 05/06/2025 04:15
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (60), 06/25/2018 08:51 (7), 05/06/2025 04:15 (23)
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