CVE-2013-5576
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 .
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 48.19% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 August 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 48.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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/27610Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620US Government Resource
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8Exploit, Patch
- 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/27610Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620US Government Resource
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.