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.
Published: 2013-10-09
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 52.1% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:15:21.417Z

Reserved: 2013-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5576

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-09T14:54:26.780

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-5576

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