easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root…
Priority LOW 37Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02115 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:easyscripts:easynews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.5 | Vulnerable | Easyscripts |
- cpe:2.3:a:easyscripts:easynews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.5 Vulnerable ·Easyscripts
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1437
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f7v8-v6pq-v3wg
References
Advisory 1
More Easyscripts Easynews vulnerabilities
- TI-2001-01473 Directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action in easyNews 1.5 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2001-01474 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the comments action in index.php in easyNews… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2001-01475 easyNews 1.5 and earlier stores administration passwords in cleartext in settings.php… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
Sources
- CVE-2001-1437 · CVE Program
- CVE-2001-1437 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f7v8-v6pq-v3wg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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