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CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2005-4260

CVE-2005-4260

CVSS 4.3 · MEDIUM

Summary

Interpretation conflict in includes/mainfile.php in PHP-Nuke 7.9 and later allows remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by replacing the ">" in the tag with a "<", which bypasses the regular expressions that sanitize the data, but is automatically corrected by many web browsers. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design limitation of many web browsers; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in PHP-Nuke.

CVSS 2.0 breakdown

Base score4.3 (MEDIUM)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityMEDIUM
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityPARTIAL
AvailabilityNONE

Affected products

Francisco_burzi php-nuke
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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