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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10945

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The Media Manager component does not properly sanitize the folder parameter, allowing attackers to act outside the media manager root directory.

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CVE-2019-10945
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1 Nov 2026, 07:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10945

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Apr 2019, 19:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The Media Manager component does not properly sanitize the folder parameter, allowing attackers to act outside the media manager root directory.

osv:CVE-2019-10945
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.196085563Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46710/"
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