CVE-2026-48943 (GCVE-0-2026-48943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 15:22 – Updated: 2026-06-25 18:46
VLAI
Title
Joomla Extension - getk2.com - Authenticated user property mass-assignment in K2 extension for Joomla < 2.26
Summary
K2 ≤ 2.24 contains a mass-assignment defect in the K2 system user plugin `plg_user_k2`. A Registered Joomla user, by including the field `K2UserForm=1` in a standard `com_users` `profile.save` POST, can write arbitrary values into the `notes`, `image`, and `plugins` columns of their own row in the `#__k2_users` table — none of which are exposed by the K2 frontend profile-edit form.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-915 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes — i.e. mass-assignment
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.getk2.org/ product
Impacted products
Credits
Matan Bahar Niv Kochan
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