Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0911

Title: PHP-Nuke base-64 encoded cookie allows password disclosure

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-0911.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 21, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.87%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0911: PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.

Impacted Vendors

francisco_burzi 1

postnuke_software_foundation 1

postnuke 1

php-nuke 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638850219503&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3567 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7596 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638850219503&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3567 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7596

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0911 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 21, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.