Path Traversal in Joomla Joomla\!
CVE-2010-4270
Directory traversal vulnerability in the nBill (com_netinvoice) component before 2.0.9 standard edition, 2.0.10 lite edition, and 1.2_10 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in unspecified vectors related to (1) administrator/components/com_nbill/admin.nbill.php, (2) components/com_nbill/nbill.php, (3) administrator/components/com_netinvoice/admin.netinvoice.php, or (4) components/com_netinvoice/netinvoice.php, as exploited in the wild in November 2010.
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: 0.018 (78.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.018 · change: -0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/42186 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.nbill.co.uk/forum-smf/index.php/topic,2158.0.html
- www.nbill.co.uk/newsflash/security-patch-for-all-versions-of-nbill.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44719 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/69066 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4270?
- CVE-2010-4270 is a vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2010-11-17.
- Is CVE-2010-4270 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.