CVE-2005-1698 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting PostNuke versions 0.750 and 0.760RC3. Remote attackers can obtain sensitive server path information by directly requesting specific PHP files within various modules, which then reveal the path in error messages. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) due to its low attack complexity and lack of authentication required, leading to a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.750CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postnuke:postnuke:0.750:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.760CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postnuke:postnuke:0.760:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.