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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-1304

Directory traversal vulnerability in userstatus.php in the User Status (com_userstatus) component 1.21.16 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOITMEDIUM 5.0EPSS 14.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in userstatus.php in the User Status (com_userstatus) component 1.21.16 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
14.04% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 1 April 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
joomlamo/com userstatus
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 14.04%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 14.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-11998source ↗Joomla! Component User Status - Local File Inclusionphp · Chip d3 bi0swebapps1 April 2010no

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