Description
Multiple incomplete blacklist vulnerabilities in the Simple File Upload (mod_simplefileuploadv1.3) module before 1.3.5 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a (1) php5, (2) php6, or (3) double (e.g. .php.jpg) extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in images/, as exploited in the wild in January 2012.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Joomla! Component Module Simple File Upload 1.3 - Remote Code Execution EDB-18287 · webapps · Dec 28, 2011
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 18287 exploit
- simplefileupload-index-code-exec(72023) vdb-entry
- 51214 vdb-entry
- 51234 vdb-entry
- 78122 vdb-entry
- http://wasen.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=59
- 47370 third-party-advisory
- http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List#Simple_File_Upload_1.3