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CVE-2010-20109

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-20109 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the view_help.cgi endpoint of Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, SSL VPN, and Web Application Firewall products prior to October 2010. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access arbitrary files, such as sensitive configuration data, due to improper sanitization of the 'locale' parameter. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.7, indicating a critical risk with a network attack vector and no user interaction required, potentially leading to the exposure of credentials and internal settings. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting active awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Barracuda NetworksSSL VPN
>= 0, <= 2010-10CNA affecteddefault unaffected
Barracuda NetworksSpam & Virus Firewall
>= 0, <= 4.1.1.021CNA affecteddefault unaffected
Barracuda NetworksWeb Application Firewall
>= 0, <= 2010-10CNA affecteddefault unknown

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Barracuda Multiple Product "locale" Directory Traversal · Oct 8, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/barracuda_directory_traversal.rb
web.archive.org / web/20101004131244/http://secunia.com/advisories/41609
exploit-db.com / exploits/15130
vulncheck.com / advisories/barracuda-multiple-products-locale-path-traversal