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CVE-2019-10945

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The Media Manager component does not properly sanitize the folder parameter, allowing attackers to act outside the media manager root directory.

Affected products

• Joomla!: from 1.5.0 through 3.9.4

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152515/Joomla-3.9.4-Arbitrary-File-Deletion-Directory-Traversal.html
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46710/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152515/Joomla-3.9.4-Arbitrary-File-Deletion-Directory-Traversal.html
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46710/

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