CVE-2004-2294: Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Canonicalize-before-filter error in the send_review function in the Reviews module for PHP-Nuke 6.0 to 7.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via hex-encoded XSS sequences in the text parameter, which is checked for dangerous sequences before it is canonicalized, leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected products

• Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke: version 6.0 only; version 6.5 only; version 6.5_beta1 only; version 6.5_final only; version 6.5_rc1 only; version 6.5_rc2 only; …

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.