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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-4617

Directory traversal vulnerability in the JotLoader (com_jotloader) component 2.2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the section parameter to index.php.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 8.53%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the JotLoader (com_jotloader) component 2.2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the section parameter to index.php.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
8.53% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 December 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
kanich/com jotloader
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 8.53%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 8.5% 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-15791source ↗Joomla! Component JotLoader 2.2.1 - Local File Inclusionphp · v3n0mwebapps20 December 2010yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.