CVE-2026-48907 (GCVE-0-2026-48907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-05 07:31 – Updated: 2026-06-05 20:21
VLAI
Title
Joomla Extension - joomlacontenteditor.net - Remote Code Execution in JCE extension for Joomla < 2.9.99.5
Summary
A vulnerability in the JCE editor extension for Joomla allows the creation of new editor profiles for unauthenticated users, ultimately resulting in PHP code upload and execution.
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
David Jardin Uwe Flottemesch
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