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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-4769

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Jimtawl (com_jimtawl) component 1.0.2 Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a ..

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.59%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Jimtawl (com_jimtawl) component 1.0.2 Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the task parameter to index.php.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
7.59% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 November 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
janguo/com jimtawl
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 7.59%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 7.6% 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-15585source ↗Joomla! Component Jimtawl 1.0.2 - Local File Inclusionphp · Mask_magicianzwebapps20 November 2010yes

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