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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-10945 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in Joomla!

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-2659

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
40.3%
EPSS 40.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-46710)

Exploit prediction

40.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46710 Joomla! Core 1.5.0 - 3.9.4 - Directory Traversal / Authenticated Arbitrary File Deletion webapps, 2019-04-16
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152515/Joomla-3.9.4-Arbitrary-File-Deletion-Directory-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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