CVE-2010-1471

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AddressBook (com_addressbook) component 1.5.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Published: 2010-04-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1471 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.15%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1471

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12170 exploit_db edb 2010-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1471

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 6.41% 16.15% +9.75%
2 2026-03-04 9.70% 6.41% -3.29%
3 2026-01-05 9.70%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1471

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1471

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1471

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
b-elektro com_addressbook 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:b-elektro:com_addressbook:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1471

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