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CVE-2010-4270

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4270 describes a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the nBill (com_netinvoice) component for Joomla! versions prior to 2.0.9 standard, 2.0.10 lite, and 1.2_10. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting directory traversal sequences into various nBill component files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and the potential for unauthorized information disclosure. While it was exploited in the wild in November 2010, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2_10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:std:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netshinesoftware:com_netinvoice:*:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 58th 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

osvdb.org / 69066
secunia.com / advisories/42186
Vendor Advisory
nbill.co.uk / forum-smf/index.php/topic%2C2158.0.html
nbill.co.uk / newsflash/security-patch-for-all-versions-of-nbill.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/44719