Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) bodycolor, (2) backimage, (3) theme, or (4) logo parameter to structure.php, (5) admin, (6) admin_mail, or (7) back parameter to footer.php, or (8) the message body in a news post.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- FlatNuke 2.5.5 - 'structure.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-26098 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
- FlatNuke 2.5.5 - 'footer.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-26099 · webapps · Aug 5, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 18552 vdb-entry
- 20050804 FlatNuke 2.5.5 (possibly prior versions) remote commands mailing-list
- http://www.rgod.altervista.org/flatnuke.html
- 16330 third-party-advisory
- flatnuke-structure-xss(21707) vdb-entry
- flatnuke-news-articles-xss(21708) vdb-entry
- 14483 vdb-entry
- 18553 vdb-entry
- 18551 vdb-entry