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CVE-2010-2859

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

• Boesch-It Simpnews: through 2.47.03; 2.0.1, 2.13, 2.30, 2.30.2, 2.30.6, 2.31.0 (+25)

References

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

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