CVE-2010-0976

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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."

Published: 2010-03-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0976

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10972 exploit_db edb 2010-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0976

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0976

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0976

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0976

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