# CVE-2004-1817: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple input fields in Php-Nuke, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8qw-6f8v-jxp2

## What is CVE-2004-1817?

CVE-2004-1817 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules.php in Php-Nuke 7.1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Your Name field, (2) e-mail field, (3) nicname field, (4) fname parameter, (5) ratenum parameter, or (6) search field.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1817?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1817?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-1817 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1817 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PHP-Nuke 7.1 Recommend_Us Module - 'fname' Cross-Site Scripting (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-2004-1817 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1817 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Francisco Burzi Php-Nuke, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1817 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-2004-1817/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1817/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1817
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1817
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1817

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1817/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.