Joomla! 'com_uploader' Component Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

BID:37840

Info

Joomla! 'com_uploader' Component Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37840
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 18 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 18 2010 12:00AM
Credit: Prashant Khandelwal
Vulnerable: Joomla com_uploader 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Joomla! 'com_uploader' Component Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

The 'com_uploader' component for Joomla! is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files because the application fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and run it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

Joomla! 'com_uploader' Component Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

References

Joomla! 'com_uploader' Component Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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