Directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Multicategory Article (com_perchacategoriestree) component 0.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2033 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34008 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-05-19 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-09 | 1.73% | 1.43% | -0.29% |
| 2 | 2026-02-10 | 1.38% | 1.73% | +0.35% |
| 3 | 2025-12-13 | — | 1.38% | — |
Full EPSS history (25 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| percha | com_perchacategoriestree | 0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:percha:com_perchacategoriestree:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlaperchact-lfi.txt | Exploit |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39873 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40244 | Exploit |