CVE-2018-7482 describes an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability with directory traversal in the K2 component 2.8.0 for Joomla!, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to download arbitrary files, including sensitive configuration data. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete confidentiality compromise. While the vendor disputes the severity, citing that only files within the media-manager path are affected, a patch was released in version 2.8.1 to block .php downloads. There is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomlaworks:k2:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.