CVE-2010-1652

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HelpCenter module in Help Center Live (HCL) 2.0.6 and 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to module.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2010-05-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1652 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.86%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1652

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12421 exploit_db edb 2010-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1652

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 3.54% 2.86% -0.68%
2 2025-03-30 2.92% 3.54% +0.62%
3 2025-03-29 2.92%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1652

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-2010-1652

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1652

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
helpcenterlive hcl 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:helpcenterlive:hcl:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
helpcenterlive hcl 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:helpcenterlive:hcl:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1652

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