rsjoomla RSFiles Component up to 1.17.7 on Joomla Search resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in rsjoomla RSFiles Component up to 1.17.7 on Joomla. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Search. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-50057. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in rsjoomla RSFiles Component up to 1.17.7 on Joomla and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A DOS vulnerability in RSFiles! component 1.16.3-1.17.7 Joomla was discovered. The issue allows unauthenticated remote attackers to deny access to service via the search feature.

The weakness was disclosed by Kamil Szczurowski and Robert Kruczek. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-50057 since 06/11/2025. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21870). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/11/2025 CVE reserved
07/18/2025 +37 days Advisory disclosed
07/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/23/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Researcher: Kamil Szczurowski, Robert Kruczek
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-50057 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-50057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-316877
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2025 13:49
Updated: 07/23/2025 01:48
Changes: 07/18/2025 13:49 (67), 07/18/2025 14:04 (1), 07/23/2025 01:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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