MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0572

Flatnux vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/flatnux.php in FlatnuX CMS (aka Flatnuke3) 2009-01-27 and 2009-02-04, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the _FNROOTPATH parameter to (1) index.php and (2) filemanager.php.
Affected vendor
Flatnux
Affected product
Flatnux
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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