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high 7.5

CVE-2010-2033 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Multicategory Article (com_perchacategoriestree) component 0.6 for Joomla!

published 2010-05-25 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-2053

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.8%
EPSS 15.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34008)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

15.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34008 Joomla! Component Percha Multicategory Article 0.6 - 'Controller' Arbitrary File Access webapps, 2010-05-19
  • Nuclei template Joomla! Percha Categories Tree 0.6 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlaperchact-lfi.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40244 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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