CVE-2017-5215

9.8 criticalEPSS 3.6%

Critical (9.8) in codextrous b2j contact. EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2017-05-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

codextrous:b2j_contact

References

https://navixia.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/CVE/cve-2017-521415.txt
https://navixia.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/CVE/cve-2017-521415.txt

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