CVE-2010-2122
Directory traversal vulnerability in the SimpleDownload (com_simpledownload) component before 0.9.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 11.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the SimpleDownload (com_simpledownload) component before 0.9.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Nuclei templates1 template
- Joomla! Component simpledownload <=0.9.5 - Arbitrary File Retrieval (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-2122.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Joomla! Component simpledownload 0.9.5 - Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12618webapps, phppublished 16 May 2010Verified
- Joomla! Component simpledownload 0.9.5 - Local File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12623webapps, phppublished 16 May 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 12618 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.6% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlasimpledownload-lfi.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 64743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- simpledownload-controller-file-include(58625) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 39871 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12618 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 40192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads/10717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100517 Joomla component SimpleDownload Local File Inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2138 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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