Back
CVE-2013-5576
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 48.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.2% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 27610 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#639620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130824 Re: CVE request: Joomla unauthorised uploads before 2.5.14 / 3.1.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130824 CVE request: Joomla unauthorised uploads before 2.5.14 / 3.1.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2013-5576)Record last updated .