What is CVE-2010-3490?

CVE-2010-3490 is a vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2010-09-28.

Is CVE-2010-3490 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Sangoma Freepbx

CVE-2010-3490

Directory traversal vulnerability in page.recordings.php in the System Recordings component in the configuration interface in FreePBX 2.8.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the usersnum parameter to admin/config.php, as demonstrated by creating a .php file under the web root.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2010-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.094 (95.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.094 · newest: 0.094 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sangoma Freepbx

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2010-005.txt
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513947/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/43454 (vdb-entry)
www.freepbx.org/trac/ticket/4553
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15098 (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3490?: CVE-2010-3490 is a vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2010-09-28.
Is CVE-2010-3490 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.