CVE-2010-2263
nginx 0.8 before 0.8.40 and 0.7 before 0.7.66, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain source code or unparsed content…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 71.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
nginx 0.8 before 0.8.40 and 0.7 before 0.7.66, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain source code or unparsed content of arbitrary files under the web document root by appending ::$DATA to the URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Nginx Source Code Disclosure/Download (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/nginx_source_disclosureRank normal
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Nginx 0.8.36 - Source Disclosure / Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 13818remote, windowspublished 11 Jun 2010Verified
- Nginx 0.7.65/0.8.39 (dev) - Source Disclosure / Download (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 13822remote, windowspublished 11 Jun 2010Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 13818 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 13822 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 13818 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://spa-s3c.blogspot.com/2010/06/full-responsible-disclosurenginx-engine.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13822 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 40760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2275 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-2263)Record last updated .