CVE-2026-48940: A Joomla user with K2 "create item" rights (Author tier by default) can submit an article whose `embedVideo` POST field contains a raw `` tag; K2 stores it…

PriorityP412low3.4CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRHUIRSCCLINAN

EPSS

0.17%

6.3th percentile

A Joomla user with K2 "create item" rights (Author tier by default) can submit an article whose `embedVideo` POST field contains a raw `` tag; K2 stores it verbatim and renders it unescaped to any visitor of the article page.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
getk2.org	k2_extension_for_joomla	—	—
joomlaworks	k2	<= 2.26	—

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