Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1524

Title: PHP-Nuke XSS via multiple parameters

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-1524

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1524: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) uname parameter in user.php, (2) ttitle, letter and file parameters in modules.php, (3) subject, story and storyext parameters in submit.php, (4) upload parameter in admin.php and (5) fname parameter in friend.php.

Impacted Vendors

francisco_burzi 1

php-nuke 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245691 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245875 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/243545 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/246603 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-5.5.tar.gz http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7654.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3609 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245691 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245875 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/243545 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/246603 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-5.5.tar.gz http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7654.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3609

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1524 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21166

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21165

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.