CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4448

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, allowing attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the password hash (possibly via CVE-2005-2813), then calculating the credentials and including them in the secid cookie.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of unauthorized access to the administrative panel, which could lead to system compromise, data theft, or further attacks.

Recommendation

Immediately update FlatNuke to the latest available version that does not contain this vulnerability, or apply a security patch. If an update is not possible, consider migrating to other supported software.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the password hash (possibly via CVE-2005-2813), then calculating the credentials and including them in the secid cookie.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS