CVE-2005-1894

Exp

Direct code injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing the code into the Referer header of an HTTP request, which causes the code to be injected into referer.php, which can then be accessed by the attacker.

Published: 2005-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1894 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.92%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1894

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25801 exploit_db edb 2005-06-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1894

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 2025-12-03 7.81% 8.92% +1.10%
2 2025-03-30 9.57% 7.81% -1.75%
3 2025-03-29 — 9.57% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1894

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1894

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1894

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flatnuke flatnuke 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:flatnuke:flatnuke:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1894

URL Tags
http://flatnuke.sourceforge.net/index.php?mod=read&id=1117979256 Patch Product
http://secunia.com/advisories/15603 Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014114 Broken Link Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0697 Broken Link
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