Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.6 querylang sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument querylang leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0999. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke (Content Management System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument querylang with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in the Top module for PHP-Nuke 6.x through 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the querylang parameter.

The bug was discovered 04/06/2005. The weakness was shared 04/06/2005 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at waraxe.us. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0999 since 04/07/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12159 (PHP-Nuke Top Module SQL Injection Vulnerability).

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 (19996), Exploit-DB (921), SecurityFocus (BID 13047†), OSVDB (15324†) and Secunia (SA14866†). The entries VDB-24781, VDB-24780, VDB-24778 and VDB-24777 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: waraxe.us
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0999 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0999
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24779
X-Force: 19996
SecurityFocus: 13047 - PHP-Nuke Top Module SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 14866 - PHP-Nuke Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 15324 - PHP-Nuke Top Module querylang Parameter SQL Injection
Vulnerability Center: 12031 - PHP-Nuke SQL Injection via querylang Parameter in Top Module, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 09/22/2025 07:49
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (71), 06/21/2019 09:32 (5), 09/22/2025 07:49 (20)
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