FlatNuke 2.5.6 print.php news information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FlatNuke 2.5.6. This affects an unknown part of the file print.php. The manipulation of the argument news leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2815. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FlatNuke 2.5.6 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file print.php. The manipulation of the argument news with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

print.php in FlatNuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (path disclosure on error) or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an MS-DOS device name in the news parameter to print.php, such as (1) AUX, (2) CON, (3) PRN, (4) COM1, or (5) LPT1.

The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2815 since 09/07/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:print.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22153) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014824†). The entries VDB-26236 and VDB-26235 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• FlatNuke

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• 2.5.6

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