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CVE-2010-4166

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4166 describes multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5.x before version 1.5.22. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through specially crafted input to the filter_order and filter_order_Dir parameters in com_weblinks and com_messages components. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 51st 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2010-10/0514.html
developer.joomla.org / security/news/9-security/10-core-security/323-20101101-core-sqli-info-disclosurevulnerabilities.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/6
secunia.com / advisories/42133
Vendor Advisory
yehg.net / lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/1.5.21/sql_injection/sqli_%28filter_order%29_front.jpg
yehg.net / lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/1.5.21/sql_injection/sqli_%28filter_order_Dir%29_back.jpg
Exploit
yehg.net / lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/1.5.21/sql_injection/sqli_%28filter_order_Dir%29_front.jpg
Exploit