CVE-2017-7989 (GCVE-0-2017-7989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-25 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19
VLAI
Summary
In Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate MIME type checks allowed low-privilege users to upload swf files even if they were explicitly forbidden.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-04-25 00:00
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