CVE-2010-2263

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 71.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

nginx 0.8 before 0.8.40 and 0.7 before 0.7.66, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain source code or unparsed content of arbitrary files under the web document root by appending ::$DATA to the URI.

Affected products

nginx: from 0.7.52 before 0.7.66; from 0.8.0 through 0.8.39 — fixed in 0.7.66

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nginx 0.7.66. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://spa-s3c.blogspot.com/2010/06/full-responsible-disclosurenginx-engine.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13818
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40760
http://spa-s3c.blogspot.com/2010/06/full-responsible-disclosurenginx-engine.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13818
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40760

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