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CVE-2010-4298

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4298 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Free Simple Software version 1.0, specifically within its download module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by manipulating the 'downloads_id' parameter in a 'download_now' action to 'index.php', allowing for arbitrary SQL command execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dustincowell:free_simple_software:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15608 · Nov 24, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

uncompiled.com / 2010/11/free-simple-software-sql-injection-vulnerability-cve-2010-4298
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/514863/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/44998