Vulnerability Name:

CCN-6946

Published:2001-08-03
Updated:2001-08-03
Summary:PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the modules.php script. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted URL request to the modules.php script appended with "dot dot" sequences (/../) and "modules" as an argument to the requested URL parameter, to consume all available memory resources, which causes the service to become unresponsive.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Aug 03 2001 - 14:47:04 CDT
3 phpnuke bugs (2 possibly lead to admin privs)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
php-nuke-modules-dos(6946)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    phpnuke php-nuke 5.0
    phpnuke php-nuke 5.0.1
    freebsd freebsd *