Path Traversal in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2010-1314

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Highslide JS (com_hsconfig) component 1.5 and 2.0.9 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.159 (96.8th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% 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-2010-1314: held from 0.159 to 0.159.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.159 · newest: 0.159 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1314?
CVE-2010-1314 is a vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2010-04-08.
Is CVE-2010-1314 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.