CVE-2017-5215

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Codextrous B2J Contact <2.1.13 - RCE

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2017-5215 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io).

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0357

EPSS Percentile 88.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2021-04-12

InTheWild.io 2021-04-12

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

codextrous/b2j_contact < 2.1.12

Published May 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026