CVE-2007-0309

PHP-Nuke < 7.9 - SQL Injection via Old Articles Block cat Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0309. PoCs published by Paisterist.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke's Old-Articles Block by sending a crafted GET request to extract a user's hash. It uses fsockopen to interact with the target and regex to extract the hash from the response.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in blocks/block-Old_Articles.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Paisterist · phpwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29453

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke's Old-Articles Block by sending a crafted GET request to extract a user's hash. It uses fsockopen to interact with the target and regex to extract the hash from the response.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHP-Nuke <= 7.9
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target running PHP-Nuke <= 7.9 with exposed Old-Articles Block · Network access to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31482
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/32863
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23748
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017511
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2153
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22037
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456787/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0452
EPSS Percentile 90.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
francisco_burzi/php-nuke < 7.9
Published Jan 18, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026