CVE-2000-0745

PHP-Nuke - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Missing Parameter Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0745. PoCs published by bruj0.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in PHP-Nuke due to improper handling of database query results. By supplying an empty password, an attacker can bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges.

Description

admin.php3 in PHP-Nuke does not properly verify the PHP-Nuke administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by requesting a URL that does not specify the aid or pwd parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by bruj0 · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20158

The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in PHP-Nuke due to improper handling of database query results. By supplying an empty password, an attacker can bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHP-Nuke (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target's admin.php3 endpoint
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/1521
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0243.html
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1592

Scores

EPSS 0.1207
EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 1.0
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 2.5
Published Oct 20, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026