CVE-2005-2540
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 93rd percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
CRLF injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP commands via an ASCII char 13 (carriage return) in the signature field, which is injected into a PHP script without a preceding comment character, which can then be executed by a direct request.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
6.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 93rd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
3 events over 7554 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 2.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Scored 5.0 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
- Authentication NoneNo authentication required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity PartialSome data can be modified
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327238030127&w=2
- rgod.altervista.org/flatnuke.html
- secunia.com/advisories/16330
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