CVE-2017-5215 in B2J Contact Extension

Summary

The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows a rename attack that bypasses a "safe file extension" protection mechanism, leading to remote code execution.

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• Reservation: 01/09/2017
• Disclosure: 05/17/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-101442 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.5
• EPSS: 0.00203
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5215
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5215
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5215/