CVE-2026-48902 (GCVE-0-2026-48902)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-26 16:43
Modified
2026-06-05 07:28
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The password and username reset features created plain http links for https connections if the "Force SSL" flag wasn't explicitly set.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Version: 3.9.0-5.4.5
Version: 6.0.0-6.1.0
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