easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root via a view request with a non-integer news message id field, which leaks the path in a PHP error message when the script times out.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1437 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.26% | 2.11% | +0.85% |
| 2 | 2025-12-26 | 1.04% | 1.26% | +0.22% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 1.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| easyscripts | easynews | <= 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:easyscripts:easynews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0000.html | Exploit |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597795 | US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3649 | Exploit |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7660 |