HIGH
Direct code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the Referer header of an HTTP request, which causes the code to be injected into referer.php, which can then be accessed by the attacker
Published Jun 8, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.72%
Description
Direct code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the Referer header of an HTTP request, which causes the code to be injected into referer.php, which can then be accessed by the attacker.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.72% 0.03723
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03723
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.72% (0.03723) | 89.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.46% (0.03465) | 87.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 8.92% (0.08916) | 92.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.81% (0.07813) | 91.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.57% (0.09567) | 87.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 7.81% (0.07813) | 90.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.77% (0.04771) | 88.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.46% (0.05463) | 93.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 84.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.81% (0.05812) | 92.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 88.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 71.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://flatnuke.sourceforge.net/index.php?mod=read&id=1117979256 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchProduct
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15603 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014114 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0697 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://flatnuke.sourceforge.net/index.php?mod=read&id=1117979256 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchProduct | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15603 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014114 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt | x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 8, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 8, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1894
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a