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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2001-1524 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via t…

published 2001-12-31 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1501

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) uname parameter in user.php, (2) ttitle, letter and file parameters in modules.php, (3) subject, story and storyext parameters in submit.php, (4) upload parameter in admin.php and (5) fname parameter in friend.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21166)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21166 PHP-Nuke 1.0/2.5/3.0/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x - 'modules.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2001-12-03
  • EDB-21165 PHP-Nuke 1.0/2.5/3.0/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x - 'user.php?uname' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2001-12-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.