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CVE-2013-5576 Detail

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.


Severity



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Hyperlink Resource
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 Exploit 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620 US Government Resource 
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8 Exploit  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-5576
NVD Published Date:
10/09/2013
NVD Last Modified:
11/30/2013
Source:
MITRE