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vendor:
PHPNuke
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: PHPNuke
Affected Version From: PHPNuke 5.4
Affected Version To: PHPNuke 5.5.1
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2002-0392
CPE: o:phpnuke:phpnuke
Metasploit: https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/apache-httpd-cve-2002-0392/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/http-apache2-chunked-transfer-int-bof/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/apache-httpd-1_3_x-apache-chunked-encoding-vulnerability-cve-2002-0392/
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: None
2002

Problems with PHPNuke

PHPNuke does not sufficiently filter potentially malicious HTML code from news posts. As a result, when a user views a news posting that contains malicious HTML code, the code contained in the posted message would be executed in the browser of the vulnerable user. This will occur in the context of the site running the PHPNuke software.

Mitigation:

Filter potentially malicious HTML code from news posts.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5796/info

Problems with PHPNuke could make it possible to execute arbitrary script code in a vulnerable client.

PHPNuke does not sufficiently filter potentially malicious HTML code from news posts. As a result, when a user views a news posting that contains malicious HTML code, the code contained in the posted message would be executed in the browser of the vulnerable user. This will occur in the context of the site running the PHPNuke software. 

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