CVE-2005-4449

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

verify.php in FlatNuke 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to modify arbitrary PHP files by setting the file parameter to an arbitrary file and injecting the code into the body parameter. NOTE: if a FlatNuke administrator is normally assumed to be able to modify arbitrary content, then this issue does not cross privilege boundaries and would not be a vulnerability.

Affected products

Flatnuke: 2.5.6

References

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/248
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/248
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159

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