← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-23132 · published 4 March 2021

CVE-2021-23132: Joomla\! vulnerability

Joomla · Joomla\!

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.9.24. com_media allowed paths that are not intended for image uploads

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 6.7% · top 6.3%
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
6.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.9.24. com_media allowed paths that are not intended for image uploads

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/846-20210306-core-com-media-allowed-paths-that-are-not-intended-for-image-u Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/846-20210306-core-com-media-allowed-paths-that-are-not-intended-for-image-u Vendor Advisory

Track CVE-2021-23132 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.8CVE-2016-10033PHPMailer isMail mailSend argument injection enables remote code executionPHPMailer before 5.2.18 fails to properly sanitize the Sender property in the mailSend function of the isMail transport, allowing a crafted backslash…KEVEPSS 100%analysed5.3CVE-2023-23752Joomla! webservice endpoints improper access checkJoomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7 contains an improper access check that allows unauthenticated access to webservice endpoints. Because the endpoints can e…KEVEPSS 100%analysed9.8CVE-2026-48902Joomla\! cleartext transmission vulnerabilityThe password and username reset features created plain http links for https connections if the "Force SSL" flag wasn't explicitly set.EPSS 0.33%9.8CVE-2025-25226Joomla\! sql injection vulnerabilityImproper handling of identifiers lead to a SQL injection vulnerability in the quoteNameStr method of the database package. Please note: the affected …EPSS 0.47%9.8CVE-2022-23795Joomla\! improper authentication vulnerabilityAn issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which …EPSS 1.1%9.8CVE-2022-23797Joomla\! sql injection vulnerabilityAn issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids on an request could resulted …EPSS 1.1%9.8CVE-2022-23799Joomla\! vulnerabilityAn issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data.EPSS 1.2%9.8CVE-2010-1433Joomla\! unrestricted file upload vulnerabilityJoomla! Core is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied in…EPSS 1.1%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-23132), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.