Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.9 forwhat sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.9 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument forwhat results in sql injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-5720. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke up to 7.9 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument forwhat with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in modules/journal/search.php in the Journal module in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the forwhat parameter.

The weakness was shared 11/03/2006 by Paisterist with AIST (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5720 since 11/03/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

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 (29940), SecurityFocus (BID 20829†) and Secunia (SA22617†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Francisco Burzi

Name

• PHP-Nuke

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9

License

• open-source

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/31/2006 🔍
11/03/2006 +3 days 🔍
11/03/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/03/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3051 days 🔍
04/26/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bitbucket.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Paisterist
Organization: AIST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5720 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5720
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33114
X-Force: 29940 - PHP-Nuke Journal module search.php SQL injection
SecurityFocus: 20829 - PHP-Nuke Journal Module Search.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 22617
Vupen: ADV-2006-4295

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/26/2026 10:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 08/07/2018 09:31 (2), 04/26/2026 10:16 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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