PHP-Nuke up to 8.0 mainfile.php cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP-Nuke. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mainfile.php. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2011-1482. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHP-Nuke (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the file mainfile.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mainfile.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add user accounts or (2) grant the administrative privilege to a user account, related to a Referer check that uses a substring comparison.

The weakness was shared 06/20/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at yehg.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1482 since 03/21/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-57743 and VDB-57742 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• PHP-Nuke

Version

• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.3.1
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 6.0
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 8.0

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• open-source

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