CVE-2010-1219

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2010-1219 · Published 30/03/2010 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-1219 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting com janews (com janews).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.2%, higher than 94.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com janews com_janews	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the JA News (com_janews) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/38952 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/11757 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/38746
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56901

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free