CVE-2010-5280
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Community Builder Enhanced (CBE) (com_cbe) component 1.4.8, 1.4.9, and 1.4.10 for Joomla! allows…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Community Builder Enhanced (CBE) (com_cbe) component 1.4.8, 1.4.9, and 1.4.10 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the tabname parameter in a userProfile action to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by using the file upload feature.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! Component Community Builder Enhanced (CBE) 1.4.8/1.4.9/1.4.10 - Local File Inclusion / Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15222webapps, phppublished 9 Oct 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 15222 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 43873 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/joomlacbe-lfi.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20101008 LFI / RCE vlunerability in Joomla Community Builder Enhenced (CBE) Component (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- joomla-cbe-file-upload(62376) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15222 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- joomla-cbe-index-file-include(62375) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2010-5239 (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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