CVE-2026-23898 — External Control of File Name or Path in Joomla !

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Joomla !Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS
Timeline
PublishedApr 1

Description

Lack of input validation leads to an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the autoupdate server mechanism.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDjoomla/joomla_!3.0.0 — 5.4.4+1
▶CVEListV5joomla!_project/joomla!_cms4.0.0-5.4.3, 6.0.0-6.0.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Joomla! Core - [20260305] - Arbitrary file deletion in com_joomlaupdate↗2026-04-01
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GHSA
GHSA-m9qp-xh66-cmcx: Lack of input validation leads to an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the autoupdate server mechanism↗2026-04-01
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-23898 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2026-23898 — External Control of File Name or Path | cvebase