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CVE-2010-1657

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1657 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the SmartSite (com_smartsite) component version 1.0.0 for Joomla!. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the 'controller' parameter in index.php with a '..' (dot dot) sequence. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, but only impacts confidentiality. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, suggesting potential for exploitation. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:recly:com_smartsite:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2010-1657 · Aug 19, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-12428 · Apr 27, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1919 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/joomlasmartsite-lfi.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/39592
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58175
exploit-db.com / exploits/12428
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/39740
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1006
Vendor Advisory