CVE-2010-3205

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Textpattern CMS 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the inc parameter.

Published: 2010-09-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3205 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.93%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.98% 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-2010-3205

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14823 exploit_db edb 2010-08-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3205

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 0.94% 2.93% +1.98%
2 2025-05-13 0.97% 0.94% -0.03%
3 2025-03-30 0.97%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3205

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-2010-3205

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3205

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3205 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (textpattern), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 7, DNE 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3205

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3205

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
textpattern textpattern 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3205

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