Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 savecomment uname cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3. Impacted is the function savecomment. Performing a manipulation of the argument uname results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2293. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 (Content Management System). This affects the function savecomment. The manipulation of the argument uname with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) eid parameter or (2) query parameter to the Encyclopedia module, (3) preview_review function in the Reviews module as demonstrated by the url, cover, rlanguage, and hits parameters, or (4) savecomment function in the Reviews module, as demonstrated using the uname parameter. NOTE: the Faq/categories and Encyclopedia/ltr issues are already covered by CVE-2005-1023.

The weakness was presented 06/11/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2293 since 08/04/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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.

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 (16406), Exploit-DB (24191), SecurityFocus (BID 10524†), OSVDB (6997†) and Secunia (SA11852†). See VDB-23197, VDB-23196, VDB-23195 and VDB-23194 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2293 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2293
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23193
X-Force: 16406
SecurityFocus: 10524 - PHP-Nuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11852 - PHP-Nuke Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6997 - PHP-Nuke FAQ Module categories Parameter XSS

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

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 05/11/2025 12:29
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (58), 06/25/2018 09:16 (7), 05/11/2025 12:29 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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