CVE-2011-5148

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Published 2012-08-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Multiple incomplete blacklist vulnerabilities in the Simple File Upload (mod_simplefileuploadv1.3) module before 1.3.5 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a (1) php5, (2) php6, or (3) double (e.g. .php.jpg) extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in images/, as exploited in the wild in January 2012.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18287 webapps php

gmda · 2011-12-28

Joomla! Component Module Simple File Upload 1.3 - Remote Code Execution

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
wasen	mod_simplefileupload	`{"endIncluding":"1.3"}`
wasen	mod_simplefileupload	`1.0`
wasen	mod_simplefileupload	`1.1`
joomla	joomla\!

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.