Joomla! Core - [20260510] - Path traversal in com_media webservice endpoint (Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS)

CVE-2026-40384
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.52 % · percentile 44 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Joomla
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

An improper validation of the search parameter of the com_media files API endpoint leads to a path traversal vulnerability.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NJoomla
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · security@joomla.org (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Joomla! Project · Joomla! CMSaffected 4.0.0-5.4.5 ; affected 6.0.0-6.1.0

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD