CVE-2005-1023
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.x to 7.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke 6.x to 7.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) min parameter to the Search module, (2) the categories parameter to the FAQ module, or (3) the ltr parameter to the Encyclopedia module. NOTE: the bid parameter issue in banners.php is already an item in CVE-2005-1000.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP-Nuke 6.x/7.x FAQ Module - 'categories' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24190webapps, javapublished 11 Jun 2004Verified
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Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 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)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (10 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
3
- http://www.securityreason.com/adv/PHPNuke%206.x-7.6-p1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050403 Full path disclosure and XSS in PHPNuke (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- phpnuke-modulesphp-xss(19952) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2005-1026 (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)
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