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FreeBSD: VID-624b45c0-c7f3-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5 (CVE-2016-9836): Joomla! -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 22, 2016
Added
Dec 22, 2016
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

The file scanning mechanism of JFilterInput::isFileSafe() in Joomla! CMS before 3.6.5 does not consider alternative PHP file extensions when checking uploaded files for PHP content, which enables a user to upload and execute files with the `.php6`, `.php7`, `.phtml`, and `.phpt` extensions. Additionally, JHelperMedia::canUpload() did not blacklist these file extensions as uploadable file types.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-joomla3
Title
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