Phoca Commander up to 4.0.0/5.0.1 on Joomla unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Phoca Commander up to 4.0.0/5.0.1 on Joomla. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-54473. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Phoca Commander up to 4.0.0/5.0.1 on Joomla. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authenticated RCE vulnerability in Phoca Commander component 1.0.0-4.0.0 and 5.0.0-5.0.1 for Joomla was discovered. The issue allows code execution via the unzip feature.

The weakness was disclosed by Sebastian Jeż. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54473 since 07/23/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/15/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/23/2025 CVE reserved
08/15/2025 +23 days Advisory disclosed
08/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Researcher: Sebastian Jeż
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-54473 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54473
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320292

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2025 14:37
Changes: 08/15/2025 14:37 (70)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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