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
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Joomla! Component Media Manager - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)
Metasploit modules
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.1 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.2 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.3 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.4 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.5 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.6 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.7 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.8 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.9 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.10 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.11 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.12 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 2.5.13 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.0.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.0.1 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.0.2 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.0.3 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.0.4 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.1.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.1.1 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.1.2 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.1.3 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 3.1.4 | |
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
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.