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CVE-2019-10945

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10945 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions prior to 3.9.5. This flaw in the Media Manager component allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the folder parameter, enabling operations outside the intended root directory. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for authenticated arbitrary file deletion, suggesting potential for broader exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.5.0, <= 3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
38.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46710 · Apr 16, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3802 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/152515/Joomla-3.9.4-Arbitrary-File-Deletion-Directory-Traversal.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
developer.joomla.org / security-centre/777-20190401-core-directory-traversal-in-com-media
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46710
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry