CVE-2010-2859 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in SimpNews versions 2.47.3 and earlier, specifically within the news.php component. An attacker can exploit this by providing an invalid 'lang' parameter, causing an error message that reveals the full installation path of the application. This vulnerability has a CVSS v2 score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact, but without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.47.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.30.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boesch-it:simpnews:2.30.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.