Acidcat CMS 3.5.x does not prevent access to install.asp after installation finishes, which might allow remote attackers to restart the installation process and have unspecified other impact via requests to install.asp and other install_*.asp scripts. NOTE: the final installation screen states "Important: you must now delete all files beginning with 'install' from the root directory."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0976 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.45%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10972 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-01-03 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2.09% | 4.45% | +2.36% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 3.01% | 2.09% | -0.92% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 3.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| acidcat | acidcat_cms | 3.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat_cms:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| acidcat | acidcat_cms | 3.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat_cms:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| acidcat | acidcat_cms | 3.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat_cms:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| acidcat | acidcat_cms | 3.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat_cms:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |