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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4448 · published 21 December 2005

CVE-2005-4448: Flatnuke vulnerability

Flatnuke · Flatnuke

FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the password hash (possibly via CVE-2005-2813), then calculating the credentials and including them in the secid cookie.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.8% · top 14.0%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the password hash (possibly via CVE-2005-2813), then calculating the credentials and including them in the secid cookie.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159

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Related vulnerabilities

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7.5CVE-2005-1894Flatnuke code injection vulnerabilityDirect code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the Referer head…EPSS 3.7%7.5CVE-2005-0267Flatnuke vulnerabilityindex.php in FlatNuke 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to create an administrator account via carriage returns and #10 in the url_avatar field, which is…EPSS 1.7%7.5CVE-2005-0268Flatnuke vulnerabilityDirect code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the url_avatar f…EPSS 1.5%6.4CVE-2005-2815Flatnuke vulnerabilityprint.php in FlatNuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (path disclosure on error) or cause a denial of service (resource…EPSS 1.8%6.4CVE-2005-1892Flatnuke vulnerabilityFlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request to foot_news.php, which …EPSS 2.2%5.0CVE-2005-4208Flatnuke vulnerabilityDirectory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the i…EPSS 8.1%5.0CVE-2005-2813Flatnuke vulnerabilityDirectory traversal vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.6 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences and "%00"…EPSS 6.9%5.0CVE-2005-2537Flatnuke vulnerabilityFlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to structure.php.EPSS 1.5%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4448), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.