Critical severity · published Apr 10, 2019
CVE-2019-10945
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5
9.8
CVSS
40.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The Media Manager component does not properly sanitize the folder parameter, allowing attackers to act outside the media manager root directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)40.3% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
1.5.0 through 3.9.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10945
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152515/Joomla-3.9.4-Arbitrary-File-Deletion-Directory-Traversal.html
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46710/
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