CVE-2004-2044

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP-Nuke 7.3, and other products that use the PHP-Nuke codebase such as the Nuke Cops betaNC PHP-Nuke Bundle, OSCNukeLite 3.1, and OSC2Nuke 7x do not properly use the eregi() PHP function with $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] to identify the calling script, which allows remote attackers to directly access scripts, obtain path information via a PHP error message, and possibly gain access, as demonstrated using an HTTP request that contains the "admin.php" string.

Affected products

Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.2a, 5.3.1 (+18)
osCommerce Osc2Nuke: 7x_1.0
Paul Laudanski Betanc Php-Nuke: bundle
Trustix Secure Linux: 2.0, 2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0005.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611606320559&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611643614881&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108662955105757&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11766
http://www.osvdb.org/6593
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10447
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16294
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16296
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16297
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16298

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