CVE-2005-4260

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Interpretation conflict in includes/mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and later allows remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by replacing the ">" in the tag with a "<", which bypasses the regular expressions that sanitize the data, but is automatically corrected by many web browsers. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design limitation of many web browsers; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in PHP-Nuke.

Affected products

Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7 (+2)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419496/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419991/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15855
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419496/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419991/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15855

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