CVE-2001-1524
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) uname parameter in user.php, (2) ttitle, letter and file parameters in modules.php, (3) subject, story and storyext parameters in submit.php, (4) upload parameter in admin.php and (5) fname parameter in friend.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- PHP-Nuke 1.0/2.5/3.0/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x - 'user.php?uname' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21165webapps, phppublished 3 Dec 2001Verified
- PHP-Nuke 1.0/2.5/3.0/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x - 'modules.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21166webapps, phppublished 3 Dec 2001Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20011215 PHPNuke holes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20011220 1 last CSS hole in PHPNuke :) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- phpnuke-postnuke-css(7654) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20011216 Phpnuke module.php vulnerability and php error_reporting issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-5.5.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20011203 Phpnuke Cross site scripting vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-1501 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2001-1524)Record last updated .