CVE-2010-0943

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the JA Showcase (com_jashowcase) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a jashowcase action to index.php.

Published: 2010-03-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0943 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.36%, 97th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +13.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0943

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11090 exploit_db edb 2010-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0943

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.65% 16.36% +13.71%
2 2026-01-21 14.79% 2.65% -12.14%
3 2025-12-24 — 14.79% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0943

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0943

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0943

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomlart com_jashowcase — cpe:2.3:a:joomlart:com_jashowcase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0943

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