CVE-2010-1473 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Advertising (com_advertising) component 0.25 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.16% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-04-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| johnmccollum | com advertising |
| joomla | joomla\! |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component Advertising 0.25 - Local File Inclusion | 2010-04-12 |
References
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