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high 7.5

CVE-2005-1894 json

Direct code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the Re…

published 2005-06-08 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1896

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25801)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25801 FlatNuke 2.5.x - 'referer.php' Crafted Referer Arbitrary PHP Code Execution webapps, 2005-06-07
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1014114 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secwatch.org http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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