CVE-2009-0302

PHP-Nuke <8.1.0.3.5b - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2009-0302. PoCs published by Sina Yazdanmehr, Dante90.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module for PHP-Nuke. It uses crafted URLs to extract admin and user credentials by leveraging blind SQL injection techniques with ASCII substring comparisons.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module for PHP-Nuke 8.0 8.1.0.3.5b and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the url parameter in the Add operation to modules.php.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Sina Yazdanmehr · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32747

The exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module for PHP-Nuke. It uses crafted URLs to extract admin and user credentials by leveraging blind SQL injection techniques with ASCII substring comparisons.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHP-Nuke Downloads module
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable PHP-Nuke instance · Downloads module enabled
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
by Dante90 · perlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18148

This exploit targets a blind SQL injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke <= 8.1.0.3.5b via the Downloads module. It brute-forces the admin password hash by measuring response times from a crafted SQL query.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHP-Nuke <= 8.1.0.3.5b
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have the Downloads module enabled · Network access to the target web application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71475
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33410
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500335/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/77349
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/51633
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48186
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18148
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50770
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://1337day.com/exploits/15481

Scores

EPSS 0.0058
EPSS Percentile 69.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
php-nuke/downloads_module 8.0
Published Jan 27, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026