administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php in the media manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.14...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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References
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27610
- 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://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/484
- http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/
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