FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request to foot_news.php, which triggers an infinite loop, or (2) direct requests to unknown scripts, which reveals the web document root in an error message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1892 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-03-17 | 0.82% | 1.03% | +0.21% |
| 2 | 2024-05-15 | 0.96% | 0.82% | -0.14% |
| 3 | 2023-04-29 | — | 0.96% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://flatnuke.sourceforge.net/index.php?mod=read&id=1117979256 | Product |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15603 | Broken Link |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014114 | Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt | Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0697 | Broken Link |