CVE-2010-4330

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in includes/controller.php in Pulse CMS Basic before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.

Published: 2010-12-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4330 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). Core evidence: 4 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4330

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
15691 exploit_db edb 2010-12-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4330

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 7.27% 2.63% -4.63%
2 2026-04-12 7.94% 7.27% -0.67%
3 2026-04-10 7.94%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4330

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-2010-4330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4330

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pulsecms pulse_cms <= 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:*:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.0:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.01:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.1:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.1:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.2:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.3:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.4:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.5:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.6:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.2.7:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.15:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.16 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.16:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.17:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*
pulsecms pulse_cms 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:pulsecms:pulse_cms:1.18:-:basic:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4330

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