TI-2019-08164 Aliases CVE-2019-10945 GHSA-fg75-qw6g-52mj

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5.

HIGH 70CWE-22Published 2019-04-10 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.40275 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::	1.5.0 – 3.9.4	Vulnerable	Joomla!

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 – 3.9.4 Vulnerable ·Joomla!

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10945
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fg75-qw6g-52mj

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media

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Sources

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