CVE-2010-1983

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.8% 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 redTWITTER (com_redtwitter) component 1.0.x including 1.0b11 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Redcomponent Com Redtwitter: 1.0b8, 1.0b9, 1.0b9.1, 1.0b10, 1.0b11, 1.0b94.2

References

http://evilc0de.blogspot.com/2010/04/joomla-component-redtwitter-lfi-vuln.html
http://osvdb.org/63533
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaredtwitter-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39342
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39211
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57511
http://evilc0de.blogspot.com/2010/04/joomla-component-redtwitter-lfi-vuln.html
http://osvdb.org/63533
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaredtwitter-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39342
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055

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