CVE-2009-0572

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/flatnux.php in FlatnuX CMS (aka Flatnuke3) 2009-01-27 and 2009-02-04, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the _FNROOTPATH parameter to (1) index.php and (2) filemanager.php.

Affected products

Flatnux: 2009-01-27, 2009-02-04

References

http://osvdb.org/51728
http://osvdb.org/51729
http://secunia.com/advisories/33721
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500663/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33599
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48491
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7969
http://osvdb.org/51728
http://osvdb.org/51729
http://secunia.com/advisories/33721
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500663/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33599

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