CVE-2010-2122

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SimpleDownload (com_simpledownload) component before 0.9.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Affected products

Joelrowley Com Simpledownload: 0.9.5

References

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads/10717
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlasimpledownload-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39871
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12618
http://www.osvdb.org/64743
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511305/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58625
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads/10717
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlasimpledownload-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/39871
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12618

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