CVE-2013-5576

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620

http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484

http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626

http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3