Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 score memory allocation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument score causes memory allocation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-2297. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.3 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument score with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Reviews module in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large, out-of-range score parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 06/11/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2297 since 08/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit 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 (16409), Exploit-DB (24193), SecurityFocus (BID 10524†), OSVDB (7002†) and Secunia (SA11852†). The entries VDB-23196, VDB-23195, VDB-23194 and VDB-23193 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Francisco Burzi

Name

• PHP-Nuke

Version

• 6.0
• 6.5
• 6.5 Beta1
• 6.5 Final
• 6.5 Rc1
• 6.5 Rc2
• 6.5 Rc3
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.9
• 7.0
• 7.0 Final
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3

License

• open-source

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2004 🔍
06/11/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/14/2004 +2 days 🔍
06/14/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +199 days 🔍
08/04/2005 +216 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3504 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +3714 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

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

CVE: CVE-2004-2297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23197
X-Force: 16409 - PHP-Nuke Reviews denial of service
SecurityFocus: 10524 - PHP-Nuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11852 - PHP-Nuke Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 7002 - PHP-Nuke Score Subsystem Path Disclosure

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

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 05/09/2025 17:07
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (59), 06/25/2018 09:17 (7), 05/09/2025 17:07 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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