CVE-2026-48898 (GCVE-0-2026-48898)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-26 16:42
Modified
2026-05-27 09:12
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
An improper access check allows privilege escalation through the com_users batch task.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Version: 4.0.0-5.4.5
Version: 6.0.0-6.1.0
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