VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-0911
PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.87%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.87% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- francisco burzi/php-nuke · postnuke software foundation/postnuke
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638850219503&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3567Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7596
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638850219503&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3567Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7596
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.