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medium 5.0

CVE-2010-5279 json

article.php in Virtual War (aka VWar) 1.6.1 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large intege…

published 14y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-5238

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

article.php in Virtual War (aka VWar) 1.6.1 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer in the ratearticleselect parameter.

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Exploit prediction

1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • dmcdonald.net http://dmcdonald.net/vwar.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/235 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Sources

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