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 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.

• CWE-20

• 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/27610Exploit
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620US Government Resource
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8Exploit, Patch
• 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/27610Exploit
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620US Government Resource
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8Exploit, Patch

Published

Oct 9, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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