Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5525

Title: Phpnuke Php-Nuke Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5525

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 26, 2006
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5525: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via (1) "/**/UNION " or (2) " UNION/**/" sequences, which are not rejected by the protection mechanism, as demonstrated by a SQL injection via the eid parameter in a search action in the Encyclopedia module in modules.php.

Impacted Vendors

P
phpnuke 1
P
php-nuke 1
F
francisco_burzi 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22511 http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=27 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20674 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4149 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29705 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2617 http://secunia.com/advisories/22511 http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=27 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20674 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4149 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29705 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2617
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5525 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2617
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.