cve/2013/CVE-2013-5576.md

### [CVE-2013-5576](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5576)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.cso.com.au/article/523528/joomla_patches_file_manager_vulnerability_responsible_hijacked_websites/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639620
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/fa5645208eefd70f521cd2e4d53d5378622133d8

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.