CVE-2010-1657

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SmartSite (com_smartsite) component 1.0.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1657 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.19%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.89% 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-2010-1657

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12428 exploit_db edb 2010-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1657

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 1.30% 19.19% +17.89%
2 2026-03-15 8.71% 1.30% -7.41%
3 2026-01-28 8.71%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1657

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-2010-1657

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1657

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
recly com_smartsite 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:recly:com_smartsite:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1657

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