CVE-2010-5280

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Community Builder Enhanced (CBE) (com_cbe) component 1.4.8, 1.4.9, and 1.4.10 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the tabname parameter in a userProfile action to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by using the file upload feature.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62376

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62375

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514183/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/41741

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/joomlacbe-lfi.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08864