CVE-2005-2815

Exp

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.

Published: 2005-09-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2815 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.89%). Core evidence: 2 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2815

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2815

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 2.26% 0.89% -1.38%
2 2024-12-17 0.69% 2.26% +1.57%
3 2023-03-07 0.69%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2815

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2815

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2815

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flatnuke flatnuke 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:flatnuke:flatnuke:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2815

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