Flatnuke 2.5.6 ID path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Flatnuke 2.5.6. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument ID causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4208. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Flatnuke 2.5.6 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the id parameter of the read module.

The weakness was released 12/10/2005 by rgod (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4208 since 12/13/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by rgod and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20293 (FlatNuke index.php id Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 Exploit-DB (1140), Tenable (20293), SecurityFocus (BID 15796†), OSVDB (21749†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015339†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26235, VDB-25980, VDB-27690 and VDB-27689. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: rgod
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Nessus ID: 20293
Nessus Name: FlatNuke index.php id Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/08/2005 🔍
12/10/2005 +124 days 🔍
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12/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3372 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +3769 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: rgod
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4208 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4208
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27451
SecurityFocus: 15796 - Flatnuke Index.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 21749 - FlatNuke Read Module id Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
SecurityTracker: 1015339

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/05/2025 20:36
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (63), 07/14/2018 10:25 (10), 07/05/2025 20:36 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:0DB:103

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