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high 7.5

CVE-2010-1717 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the iF surfALERT (com_if_surfalert) component 1.2 for Joomla!

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1737

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
22.3%
EPSS 22.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the iF surfALERT (com_if_surfalert) component 1.2 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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-12291)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

22.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-12291 Joomla! Component iF surfALERT 1.2 - Local File Inclusion webapps, 2010-04-18
  • Nuclei template Joomla! Component iF surfALERT 1.2 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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