MEDIUM
news.php in SimpNews 2.47.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid lang parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message
Published Jul 23, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.18%
Description
news.php in SimpNews 2.47.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid lang parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.47.03
- 2.0.1
- 2.13
- 2.30
- 2.30.2
- 2.30.6
- 2.31.0
- 2.32.0
- 2.32.1
- 2.33.0
- 2.33.01
- 2.34
- 2.34.0
- 2.34.01
- 2.35.00
- 2.36.00
- 2.37.00
- 2.37.01
- 2.37.02
- 2.38
- 2.38.02
- 2.38.03
- 2.38.04
- 2.39.0
- 2.40.01
- 2.41.0
- 2.41.02
- 2.41.03
- 2.42.0
- 2.42.01
- 2.44.00
- 2.47.00
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.18% 0.01176
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01176
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01176) | 66.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01176) | 63.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00250) | 46.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 72.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 70.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 66.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (2)
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1007-exploits/simpnews-xss.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512271/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/1007-exploits/simpnews-xss.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512271/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 23, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 23, 2010
Link CVE-2010-2859
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a