CVE-2015-8564

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Joomla! 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via directory traversal sequences in the XML install file in an extension package archive.

Affected products

Joomla!: 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/634-20151214-core-directory-traversal.html
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/634-20151214-core-directory-traversal.html

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