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The K2 component 2.8.0 for Joomla! has Incorrect Access Control with directory traversal, allowing an attacker to download arbitrary files, as demonstrated by a view=media&task=connector&cmd=file&target=l1_../configurati…

class.upload.php in verot.net class.upload before 1.0.3 and 2.x before 2.0.4, as used in the K2 extension for Joomla! and other products, omits .phar from the set of dangerous file extensions.

class.upload.php in verot.net class.upload through 1.0.3 and 2.x through 2.0.4, as used in the K2 extension for Joomla! and other products, omits .pht from the set of dangerous file extensions, a similar issue to CVE-201…

K2 ≤ 2.24 contains a mass-assignment defect in the K2 system user plugin `plg_user_k2`.

The K2 frontend `item.checkin` task accepts an unauthenticated `sigProFolder` query parameter and uses it directly to address a `JFolder::delete()` call under `/media/k2/galleries/`

The K2 frontend article-attachment upload path accepts files whose extension is `.php`, and Apache's standard mod_php matches `\.php$` and executes them under the K2 web user.

The K2 article gallery upload path accepts a zip/tar archive, extracts it under `/media/k2/galleries/<id>/`, and only renames image files (gif/jpg/jpeg/png/webp) to safe names — non-image files (including `.php`) are ext…

The K2 frontend article-save handler accepts an `attachment[N][existing]` POST field that is concatenated with `JPATH_SITE/` and passed to `JFile::copy()`.

K2 ≤ 2.26 renders the `#__k2_users.image` column directly into HTML `src` attributes via two distinct templates, in both cases without HTML escaping.

A Joomla user with K2 "create item" rights (Author tier by default) can submit an article whose `embedVideo` POST field contains a raw `<script>` tag; K2 stores it verbatim and renders it unescaped to any visitor of the…