CVE-2010-2859

Exp

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: 2010-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2010-2859

EPSS CVSS CWE Exploit-DB Affected

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2859 is rated Exploit Available (58/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Core evidence: 1 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2859

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2859

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	0.34%	1.18%	+0.84%
2	2023-03-07	1.05%	0.34%	-0.72%
3	2022-02-04	—	1.05%	—

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` 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:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2859

CWE-200 MITRE ↗

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2859

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
boesch-it	simpnews	<= 2.47.03	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews::::::::
boesch-it	simpnews	2.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.0.1:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.13	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.13:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.30	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.30:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.30.2	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.30.2:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.30.6	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.30.6:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.31.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.31.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.32.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.32.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.32.1	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.32.1:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.33.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.33.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.33.01	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.33.01:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.34	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.34:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.34.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.34.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.34.01	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.34.01:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.35.00	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.35.00:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.36.00	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.36.00:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.37.00	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.37.00:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.37.01	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.37.01:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.37.02	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.37.02:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.38	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.38:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.38.02	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.38.02:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.38.03	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.38.03:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.38.04	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.38.04:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.39.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.39.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.40.01	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.40.01:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.41.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.41.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.41.02	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.41.02:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.41.03	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.41.03:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.42.0	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.42.0:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.42.01	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.42.01:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.44.00	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.44.00:::::::*
boesch-it	simpnews	2.47.00	cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.47.00:::::::*

References for CVE-2010-2859

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1007-exploits/simpnews-xss.txt	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512271/100/0/threaded

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