CVE-2013-5576

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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/27610
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8
• 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/27610
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8

CWEs

CWE-20