Joomla 5 Update Package 5.2.5

Category: Core

Version: 5.2.5

Date: 11 March 2025

Download type: Free

Compatibility: J5

Ivan Petrov

June 25, 2026

What I love about working with the guys at Joomla Center, besides their excellent knowledge of their craft, is their patience and politeness. No irritation at stupid questions, no arrogance, no eye-rolling, no heavy sighs. On the contrary, they explain things very politely and clearly, give recommendations, do things quickly and competently, and if something goes wrong, they'll fix it just as quickly. Five stars on all counts! As they say now, I'm hooked!

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kennel avanzar

June 15, 2026

I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Joomla Center team for their professional assistance! After my site was hacked, their specialists quickly identified and eliminated all the consequences of the attack, patched vulnerabilities, updated the software, and restored the site to its original state. I was especially pleased that the work was not only done efficiently but also with detailed explanations of all the steps taken.

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Solnyshko

June 05, 2026

You guys are the best. You're always there to help and solve any problem. Today, a cybersecurity information site was down. Anton solved the problem in a couple of hours. Great job. I highly recommend you!!!

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Help The Children SKD

December 5, 2025

We thank the Joomla Center team for their professionalism, the excellently crafted training course, and their ongoing support.
Special thanks to Anton for his responsiveness, kindness, and immediate assistance with our website.
We wish you success in your endeavors 🤗

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Nikolay Mosunov

June 17, 2025

Thanks to Anton and the Joomla Training Center for their excellent work. They upgraded my sites from the old Joomla to the new one. Everything works perfectly, even better than before. They professionally fixed numerous errors. I can only recommend them. They offer truly excellent quality and speed at relatively low prices.

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Security	Fixed the CVE-2025-22213 vulnerability that allowed malicious executable PHP files to be uploaded through the Media Manager.
Security	Strengthened file upload validation for users with edit permissions in the Media Manager.
Change	Updated Joomla translations.
Change	Updated maximebf/debugbar to version 1.23.6.
Change	Updated the Cypress system test documentation.
Fixed	Added backup of the $_SERVER array through backupGlobals in unit tests.
Fixed	System tests no longer delete TUF metadata.
Fixed	Added a column alias to BannerTable and fixed a warning when saving a banner as a copy.
Fixed	Fixed a PHP warning caused by passing null to the trim() function.
Fixed	Added a border to the final Media Manager breadcrumb item.
Fixed	Disabled the backward compatibility plugin during system tests.
Fixed	Updated the Cypress menu system test.
Fixed	Fixed the Send Copy to Submitter feature in the Contacts component.
Fixed	Redesigned the carousel implementation to match its documentation.
Fixed	Fixed the frontend editing setting applied through the command-line interface after Joomla installation.
Fixed	Corrected the sudo command in the documentation.
Fixed	User sessions are now correctly cleaned after Cypress tests.
Note	Joomla 5.2.5 is a security and bug-fix release.
Note	Joomla 5.2.5 was released on 11 March 2025 together with Joomla 4.4.12.
Note	CVE-2025-22213 has critical potential impact, low severity and a low probability of exploitation.
Note	The vulnerability affects Joomla versions from 5.0.0 through 5.2.4.
Note	Exploiting the vulnerability requires a user account with edit permissions in the Media Manager.
Note	By default, this permission is granted to administrator user groups and frontend users with Editor permissions or higher.
Note	Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary PHP code to be executed on the server.
Note	A complete backup of the website files and database is recommended before updating.
Note	The update should be tested on a copy of the production website before deployment.
Note	When updating from a Joomla version earlier than 4.4, upgrade to Joomla 4.4 before updating to Joomla 5.

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