CRITICAL
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.3
Published Feb 12, 2019
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.67%
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.3. The phar:// stream wrapper can be used for objection injection attacks because there is no protection mechanism (such as the TYPO3 PHAR stream wrapper) to prevent use of the phar:// handler for non .phar-files.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
2.67% 0.02671
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02671
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02671) | 85.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02671) | 83.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 1.64% (0.01639) | 80.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00229) | 61.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00229) | 61.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 67.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 63.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.92% (0.10922) | 88.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 63.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 62.72th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 45.04th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107050 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/770-20190206-core-implement-the-typo3-phar-stream-wrapper x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m3w-rvvh-8fx6 Advisory
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/23907
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7743
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210730211655/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107050
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107050 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/770-20190206-core-implement-the-typo3-phar-stream-wrapper | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m3w-rvvh-8fx6 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/23907 | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7743 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20210730211655/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107050 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 12, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Feb 11, 2019
Link CVE-2019-7743
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-5M3W-RVVH-8FX6 Updated n/a