CVE-2026-65888 (GCVE-0-2026-65888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-29 13:59 – Updated: 2026-07-30 05:33
VLAI
Title
Joomla Extension - balbooa.com - Account takeover vulnerability in Gridbox < 2.20.2
Summary
Joomla Extension - balbooa.com - Account takeover vulnerability in Gridbox < 2.20.2 - The socialLogin method allows actors to login as any given user on the target site.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/AU:Y/U:Red
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Phil Taylor
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