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CVE-2017-7989

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

In Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate MIME type checks allowed low-privilege users to upload swf files even if they were explicitly forbidden.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3.0 (+51)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98029
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/689-20170407-core-acl-violations
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98029
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/689-20170407-core-acl-violations

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