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CVE-2013-5576

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
09/10/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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