CVE-2005-2540

N/A Unknown
Published: August 10, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP commands via an ASCII char 13 (carriage return) in the signature field, which is injected into a PHP script without a preceding comment character, which can then be executed by a direct request.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/18554
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327238030127&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/16330
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/18554
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.rgod.altervista.org/flatnuke.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14485
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21709
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.3%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

flatnuke