MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-4781

Joomla vulnerability

CVSS
6.6
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
administrator/index.php in the installer component (com_installer) in Joomla! 1.5 Beta1, Beta2, and RC1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files to tmp/ via the "Upload Package File" functionality, which is accessible when com_installer is the value of the option parameter.
Affected vendor
Joomla
Affected product
Joomla
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2007-09-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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