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CVE-2010-5040

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-5040 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the NP_Gallery plugin (version 0.94) for Nucleus CMS, affecting both the plugin and the CMS itself. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the DIR_NUCLEUS parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.94CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:john_bradshaw:np_gallery_plugin:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-12787 · May 29, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0206 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/40022
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/12787
Exploit
osvdb.org / 65004
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/40448
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1285
Vendor Advisory