CVE-2006-5525

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Phpnuke Php-Nuke: through 7.9; 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (+3)

References

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

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