CVE-2013-5576
administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php in the media manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2013-5576- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2013-5576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-5416 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2013-5416- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-57fx-rj36-27v4 No score
administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php in the media manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before...
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.
- Record
GHSA-57fx-rj36-27v4- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Joomla! Component Media Manager - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) | 2013-08-15 |
| Metasploit | Joomla Media Manager File Upload Vulnerability | 2013-08-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-5576 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Joomla Joomla\!, published October 9, 2013. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exploit-db.com/exploits/27610
developer.joomla.org/security/563-20130801-core-unauthorised-uploads.html
joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=31626
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/486
github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/1ed07e257a2c0794ba19e864f7c5101e7e8c41d2