PT-2013-5653 · Joomla · Joomla!

Jens Hinrichsen · Published 2013-10-09 · Updated 2013-12-01 · CVE-2013-5576

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 2.5.x through 2.5.13 Joomla! versions 3.x through 3.1.4

Description The issue 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). This has been exploited in the wild.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 2.5.x through 2.5.13, update to version 2.5.14 or later. For Joomla! versions 3.x through 3.1.4, update to version 3.1.5 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5576

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/joomla_media_upload_exec.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/27610 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/27610 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5576 · Security Note
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5576 · Note
• http://cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486 · Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html · Note
• http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484 · Note