Joomla! Security update – upgrade to 2.5.14 or 3.1.5

Taken from the Joomla! Developer website, this is a critical update to secure your Joomla Web hosting.

• Severity: Critical
• Versions: 2.5.13 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.1.4 and earlier 3.x versions.
• Exploit type: Unauthorised Uploads
• Reported Date: 2013-June-25
• Fixed Date: 2013-July-31

Description of the Joomla security vulnerability

Inadequate filtering leads to the ability to bypass file type upload restrictions.

Affected Joomla Installs

Joomla! version 2.5.13 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.1.4 and earlier 3.x versions.

Solution

Ensure that you have upgraded your Joomla install to version 2.5.14 or 3.1.5.

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