CVE-2010-2259

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Directory traversal vulnerability in the BF Survey (com_bfsurvey) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Published: 2010-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2259 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.52%, 97th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +14.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2259

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10946 exploit_db edb 2010-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2259

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 3.62% 18.52% +14.90%
2 2026-04-24 4.03% 3.62% -0.41%
3 2025-12-28 — 4.03% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2259

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-2010-2259

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2259

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tamlyncreative com_bfsurvey_profree 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:tamlyncreative:com_bfsurvey_profree:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tamlyncreative com_bfsurvey_pro <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tamlyncreative:com_bfsurvey_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tamlyncreative com_bfsurvey_basic <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tamlyncreative:com_bfsurvey_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2259

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