What is CVE-2004-1842?

CVE-2004-1842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpnuke Php-Nuke, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2004-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2004-1842?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Phpnuke Php-Nuke

CVE-2004-1842

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Php-Nuke 6.x through 7.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges via an img tag with a URL to admin.php.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2004-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpnuke Php-Nuke

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15596 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/11195 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/9895 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-1842?: CVE-2004-1842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpnuke Php-Nuke, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2004-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2004-1842?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.