MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 9, 2013
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 48.19%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.9
- 2.5.10
- 2.5.11
- 2.5.12
- 2.5.13
Configuration 2
OR
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
48.19% 0.48191
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.48191
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 (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 48.19% (0.48191) | 98.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 48.19% (0.48191) | 98.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 52.12% (0.52120) | 97.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 22, 2025 | 53.44% (0.53436) | 97.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 25, 2025 | 62.45% (0.62450) | 98.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 59.56% (0.59557) | 98.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 75.86% (0.75862) | 98.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 59.56% (0.59557) | 98.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 67.50% (0.67498) | 98.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 77.30% (0.77303) | 98.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 78.53% (0.78535) | 98.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 80.88% (0.80880) | 98.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 77.86% (0.77862) | 98.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 79.86% (0.79864) | 98.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 3, 2024 | 78.47% (0.78471) | 98.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 8, 2023 | 74.54% (0.74544) | 97.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 70.17% (0.70169) | 97.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 85.09% (0.85088) | 99.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 23, 2022 | 85.09% (0.85088) | 99.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 86.09% (0.86094) | 99.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626 x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27610 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27610 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 9, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 23, 2013
Link CVE-2013-5576
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a