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CVE-2010-1529

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1529 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Freestyle FAQs Lite (com_fsf) component, specifically affecting Joomla! installations. Attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 'faqid' parameter in an 'faq' action to 'index.php', allowing for the execution of arbitrary SQL commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, and denial of service. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freestyle:faqs_lite:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-12078 · Apr 6, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.org / 1004-exploits/joomlafreestyle-sql.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/39288
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/57588
exploit-db.com / exploits/12078
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/39220
Exploit