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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

Published Dec 21, 2005

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.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 21, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4448
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-4448
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-4448