CVE-2013-5576
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php in the media manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.14 and 3.x before 3.1.5 allows remote authenticated users or remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with dangerous extensions via a filename with a trailing . (dot), as exploited in the wild in August 2013.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html
- http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486
- http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27610
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8
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