CVE-2004-2000

Php-Nuke 6.x-7.2 - SQL Injection via Orderby or Sid Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2000. PoCs published by S@BUN.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module for PHP-Nuke. It leverages unsanitized user input in the 'sid' parameter to perform a UNION-based SQL injection, extracting sensitive data such as admin credentials from the 'nuke_authors' table.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL via the (1) orderby or (2) sid parameters to modules.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by S@BUN · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31283

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module for PHP-Nuke. It leverages unsanitized user input in the 'sid' parameter to perform a UNION-based SQL injection, extracting sensitive data such as admin credentials from the 'nuke_authors' table.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHP-Nuke Downloads module (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable PHP-Nuke instance · Downloads module enabled
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488452/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27932
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10282
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.waraxe.us/index.php?modname=sa&id=27
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16074
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/11553
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108378804809891&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/52223

Scores

EPSS 0.0187
EPSS Percentile 76.5%

Details

Status published
Published May 05, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026