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CVE-2013-5576

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Improper input validation
6.8CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)48%

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.