CVE-2004-1956

Exp

PostNuke 0.7.2.6 allows remote attackers to gain information via a direct HTTP request to files in the (1) includes/blocks directory, (2) pnadodb directory, (3) NS-NewUser module, (4) NS-Your_Account, (5) NS-LostPassword module, or (6) NS-User module which reveals the path to the web server in a PHP error message.

Published: 2004-04-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1956 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.55%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1956

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1956

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.46% 1.55% +1.09%
2 2025-03-17 1.53% 0.46% -1.08%
3 2024-12-17 — 1.53% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postnuke_software_foundation postnuke 0.726 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke:0.726:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1956

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