CVE-2010-2033

NUCLEI

Percha com_perchacategoriestree 0.6 - Path Traversal via Controller Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-2033. PoCs published by AntiSecurity. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability writeup describing multiple local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerabilities in various Percha components for Joomla. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker can exploit the vulnerability to read arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd) due to improper input sanitization.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Multicategory Article (com_perchacategoriestree) component 0.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by AntiSecurity · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34008

This is a vulnerability writeup describing multiple local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerabilities in various Percha components for Joomla. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker can exploit the vulnerability to read arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd) due to improper input sanitization.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Percha components for Joomla (com_perchaimageattach, com_perchafieldsattach, com_perchadownloadsattach, com_perchagallery, com_perchacategoriestree)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable Joomla component via HTTP request
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Joomla! Percha Categories Tree 0.6 - Local File Inclusion
HIGHby daffainfo

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40244
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39873

Scores

EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 81.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
percha/com_perchacategoriestree 0.6
Published May 25, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026