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 plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the password hash (possibly via…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.82% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- flatnuke/flatnuke
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796Exploit
- 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?1015339Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.