CVE-2010-1956

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Gadget Factory (com_gadgetfactory) component 1.0.0 and 1.5.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2010-05-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1956 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.00%, 97th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +13.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2010-1956

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12285 exploit_db edb 2010-04-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1956

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 3.17% 17.00% +13.83%
2 2026-04-02 3.82% 3.17% -0.64%
3 2026-02-03 — 3.82% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1956

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-2010-1956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thefactory com_gadgetfactory 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:thefactory:com_gadgetfactory:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thefactory com_gadgetfactory 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:thefactory:com_gadgetfactory:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1956

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