vendor:
PHP-Nuke
by:
Anonymous
8.8
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and HTML Injection
79
CWE
Product Name: PHP-Nuke
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
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Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2020
PHP-Nuke News Rate Vulnerability
PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and HTML Injection attacks due to insufficient sanitization and validation of user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious payload to the vulnerable parameter 'score' in the 'modules.php?name=News&op=rate_complete&sid=6&score' URL. This will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in the browser of the victim.
Mitigation:
Developers should ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in the application.