CVE-2006-5525

critical

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via (1) "/**/UNION " or (2) " UNION/**/" sequences, which are not rejected by the protection mechanism, as demonstrated by a SQL injection via the eid parameter in a search action in the Encyclopedia module in modules.php.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2617

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29705

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4149

http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=27

http://secunia.com/advisories/22511

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00976