CVE-2010-2859 (GCVE-0-2010-2859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-07-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:46
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public ?
2010-07-09 00:00
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