Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1621

Title: PostNuke directory traversal arbitrary file read

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-1621.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date May 16, 2005
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1621: Directory traversal vulnerability in the pnModFunc function in pnMod.php for PostNuke 0.750 through 0.760rc4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the func parameter to index.php.

Impacted Vendors

P
postnuke 1
P
postnuke_software_foundation 1

Reference Links

http://cvs.postnuke.com/viewcvs.cgi/Historic_PostNuke_Library/postnuke-devel/html/includes/pnMod.php.diff?r1=1.47&r2=1.48 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111627124301526&w=2 http://news.postnuke.com/Article2690.html http://news.postnuke.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2691 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0553 http://cvs.postnuke.com/viewcvs.cgi/Historic_PostNuke_Library/postnuke-devel/html/includes/pnMod.php.diff?r1=1.47&r2=1.48 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111627124301526&w=2 http://news.postnuke.com/Article2690.html http://news.postnuke.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2691 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0553
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1621 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.