CVE-2010-2033 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.8% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Multicategory Article (com_perchacategoriestree) component 0.6 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 | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 15.8% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-05-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| joomla | joomla\! |
| percha | com perchacategoriestree |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component Percha Multicategory Article 0.6 - 'Controller' Arbitrary File Access | 2010-05-19 |
References
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