CVE-2010-2136

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/index.php in Article Friendly, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Published: 2010-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2136 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.81% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2010-2136

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2136

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 0.26% 2.07% +1.81%
2 2025-03-17 2.07% 0.26% -1.81%
3 2024-12-17 2.07%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2136

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2136

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2136

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
articlefriendly article_friendly 5.14 cpe:2.3:a:articlefriendly:article_friendly:5.14:-:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2136

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