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CVE-2017-5215

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2017-5215
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.57%

Original NVD Description

The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows a rename attack that bypasses a "safe file extension" protection mechanism, leading to remote code execution.

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