Path Traversal in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2010-0157

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Bible Study (com_biblestudy) component 6.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a studieslist action to index.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.130 (96.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2010-0157: held from 0.130 to 0.130.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.130 · newest: 0.130 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0157?
CVE-2010-0157 is a vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2010-01-06.
Is CVE-2010-0157 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.