CVE-2010-4270

Directory traversal vulnerability in the nBill (com_netinvoice) component before 2.0.9 standard edition, 2.0.10 lite edition, and 1.2_10 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in unspecified vectors related to (1) administrator/components/com_nbill/admin.nbill.php, (2) components/com_nbill/nbill.php, (3) administrator/components/com_netinvoice/admin.netinvoice.php, or (4) components/com_netinvoice/netinvoice.php, as exploited in the wild in November 2010.

Published: 2010-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4270 is rated Moderate Risk (47.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4270

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 2025-08-25 0.57% 1.01% +0.44%
2 2025-03-30 0.89% 0.57% -0.32%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4270

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4270

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-4270

Impact: Per: http://www.nbill.co.uk/newsflash/security-patch-for-all-versions-of-nbill.html 'A security vulnerability has been discovered affecting ALL VERSIONS of nBill that were downloaded on or prior to 5th November 2010.'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4270

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netshinesoftware com_netinvoice <= 1.2_10 cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netshinesoftware com_netinvoice <= 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:std:*:*:*:*:*
netshinesoftware com_netinvoice <= 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4270

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