CVE-2010-2859

N/A Unknown

Published: July 25, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1007-exploits/simpnews-xss.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512271/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1007-exploits/simpnews-xss.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512271/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.2%

48th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

boesch-it

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