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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2001-1437 json

easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root via a view request with a non-integer news message…

published 2001-12-01 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1417

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root via a view request with a non-integer news message id field, which leaks the path in a PHP error message when the script times out.

Exploit prediction

2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3649 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0000.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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