CVE-2001-1437

HIGH 7.5CVE-2001-1437 · Published 01/12/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1437 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting easynews (easyscripts).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
easynews easyscripts	`≤ 1.5`	No fix yet

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

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0000.html · Exploit
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597795 · US Government Resource
securityfocus.com/bid/3649 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7660

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