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TI-2021-10717 Aliases CVE-2021-30177GHSA-cfw4-5vqw-v9c4

There is a SQL Injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 8.3.3 in the User Registration…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

There is a SQL Injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke 8.3.3 in the User Registration section, leading to remote code execution. This occurs because the U.S. state is not validated to be two letters, and the OrderBy field is not validated to be one of LASTNAME, CITY, or STATE.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02447 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3.3VulnerablePhpnuke
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3.3 Vulnerable ·Phpnuke

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-30177
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cfw4-5vqw-v9c4

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2001-00856 Network Tools 0.2 for PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to execute commands on the server… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-01717 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2006-05305 Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-03206 SQL injection vulnerability in the Submit_News module for PHP-Nuke 8.3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-01942 The CAPTCHA implementation as used in (1) Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0 and 8.1, (2)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2011-01300 SQL injection vulnerability in admin.php in the administration backend in Francisco Burzi… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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