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CVE-2005-4448
FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the…
High10.0EPSS 2.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- flatnuke-multiple-obtain-information(22159) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15796 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20051210 Flatnuke 2.5.6 privilege escalation / remote commands execution exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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