CVE-2005-2813
Directory traversal vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.6 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".."…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.6 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences and "%00" (trailing null byte) characters in the id parameter to the read mod in index.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- FlatNuke 2.5.6 - 'ID' Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26212webapps, phppublished 31 Aug 2005Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 14702 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16650 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1014824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051210 Flatnuke 2.5.6 privilege escalation / remote commands execution exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15796 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20050830 Flatnuke 2.5.6 (possibly prior versions) Underlying system information disclosure / Administrative & users credentials disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2814 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2813)Record last updated .