CVE-2001-1437

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7660

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597795

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01043