# CVE-2005-2813: Directory traversal vulnerability in FlatNuke 2.5.6 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-09-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14702
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16650/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014824
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Aug/0440.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26212

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