CVE-2007-4781 — administrator/index.php in the installer component (com_installer) in Joomla! 1.5 Beta1, Beta2, and RC1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files to tmp/ via the "Upload Package File" functionality, which is accessible when com_installer is the value of the option parameter

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administrator/index.php in the installer component (com_installer) in Joomla! 1.5 Beta1, Beta2, and RC1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files to tmp/ via the "Upload Package File" functionality, which is accessible when com_installer is the value of the option parameter

Published Sep 10, 2007

6.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.19%

Description

administrator/index.php in the installer component (com_installer) in Joomla! 1.5 Beta1, Beta2, and RC1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files to tmp/ via the "Upload Package File" functionality, which is accessible when com_installer is the value of the option parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.19% 0.05188

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05188

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.19% (0.05188)	92.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.19% (0.05188)	91.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00072)	19.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.30% (0.00301)	70.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 14, 2024	0.30% (0.00301)	69.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 29, 2024	0.28% (0.00282)	68.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.29% (0.00288)	68.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 5, 2024	0.29% (0.00288)	65.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 11, 2023	0.36% (0.00358)	68.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 21, 2023	0.59% (0.00590)	74.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.51% (0.00514)	73.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/45888
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25508
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36424
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4350
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/45888		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25508		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36424		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4350		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 10, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 10, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4781

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4781

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4781