CVE-2010-2333

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Published 2010-06-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-13850 remote multiple verified

kingcope · 2010-06-13

Litespeed Technologies - Web Server Remote Poison Null Byte

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/litespeed_source_disclosure rank 300

LiteSpeed Source Code Disclosure/Download

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.1`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.2`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.3`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.4`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.5`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.6`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.7`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.8`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.9`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.10`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.11`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.12`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.13`
litespeedtech	litespeed_web_server	`4.0.14`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.