CVE-2004-2297

PHP-Nuke 6.0-7.3 - Denial of Service via Reviews Module Score Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2297. PoCs published by Janek Vind.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing multiple vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke, including XSS, SQL injection, and DoS. It provides example URLs demonstrating the vulnerabilities but does not include executable exploit code.

Description

The Reviews module in PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large, out-of-range score parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Janek Vind · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24193

This is a writeup detailing multiple vulnerabilities in PHP-Nuke, including XSS, SQL injection, and DoS. It provides example URLs demonstrating the vulnerabilities but does not include executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss | Sqli | Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: PHP-Nuke 7.2, 7.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target PHP-Nuke instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/7002
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/7003
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0310.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/11852
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/365865
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10524
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16409

Scores

EPSS 0.0363
EPSS Percentile 88.1%

Details

Status published
Products (15)
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.0
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5_beta1
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5_final
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5_rc1
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5_rc2
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.5_rc3
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.6
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.7
francisco_burzi/php-nuke 6.9
... and 5 more
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026