# CVE-2007-1520: The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection in PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier does not ensure the SERVER superglobal is an array before valid

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-03-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection in PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier does not ensure the SERVER superglobal is an array before validating the HTTP_REFERER, which allows remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks.

## What to do

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## References

- http://osvdb.org/34501
- http://phpfi.com/214668
- http://www.wisec.it/ush/phpnukexss.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462727/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ush.it/2007/03/09/php-nuke-wild-post-xss/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24629
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462308/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462575/100/0/threaded

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