CVE-2010-2333
LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server 4.0.x before 4.0.15 allows remote attackers to read the source code of scripts via an HTTP…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 60.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server 4.0.x before 4.0.15 allows remote attackers to read the source code of scripts via an HTTP request with a null byte followed by a .txt file extension.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- LiteSpeed Source Code Disclosure/Download (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/litespeed_source_disclosureRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Litespeed Technologies - Web Server Remote Poison Null Byte (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 13850remote, multiplepublished 13 Jun 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 13850 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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)
- 60.2% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 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
7
- 13850 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.litespeedtech.com/latest/litespeed-web-server-4.0.15-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 65476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 40128 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.litespeedtech.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=4078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100613 Litespeed Technologies Web Server Remote Poison null byte Zero-Day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 40815 (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-2010-2343 (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-2010-2333)Record last updated .