CVE-2010-5280

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Joomla-Cbe Com Cbe: 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/joomlacbe-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/41741
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15222
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514183/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43873
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62376
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/joomlacbe-lfi.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/41741
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15222
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514183/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43873

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