CVE-2010-1956

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Gadget Factory (com_gadgetfactory) component 1.0.0 and 1.5.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Thefactory Com Gadgetfactory: 1.0.0, 1.5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/63917
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlagadgetfactory-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39522
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12285
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39547
http://www.thefactory.ro/all-thefactory-products/gadget-factory-for-joomla-1.5.x/detailed-product-flyer.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0930
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57895
http://osvdb.org/63917
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlagadgetfactory-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39522
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12285

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