CVE-2004-2293
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) eid parameter or (2) query parameter to the Encyclopedia module, (3) preview_review function in the…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) eid parameter or (2) query parameter to the Encyclopedia module, (3) preview_review function in the Reviews module as demonstrated by the url, cover, rlanguage, and hits parameters, or (4) savecomment function in the Reviews module, as demonstrated using the uname parameter. NOTE: the Faq/categories and Encyclopedia/ltr issues are already covered by CVE-2005-1023.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 June 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- francisco burzi/php-nuke
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11852Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6997Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/6998Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/6999Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/365865Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10524Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11852Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6997Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/6998Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/6999Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/365865Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10524Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16406
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.