# CVE-2002-1242: SQL injection in n/a

> Authenticated users can exploit SQL injection in PHP-Nuke to modify the database and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vwr7-54pf-g58r

## What is CVE-2002-1242?

CVE-2002-1242 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke, published on 1 Sep 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in PHP-Nuke before 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to modify the database and gain privileges via the "bio" argument to modules.php.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1242?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1242 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1242 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PHP-Nuke 5.6 - 'modules.php' SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke

- [CVE-2005-3016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3016/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-1025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1025/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0320](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0320/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-6376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6376/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2003-1435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1435/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1242 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke, published on 1 Sep 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1242 exists.

Affected product: Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1242/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1242

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1242/
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