Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-48897

Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS

Joomla! Core - [20260512] - MFA Authentication Bypass

CVSS 4.0
8.2High

Official description

Insufficient state checks lead to a vector that allows to bypass 2FA checks.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.2High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Joomla) 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

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS 4.0.0-5.4.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS 6.0.0-6.1.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-05-26
Last updated
2026-05-27
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Joomla

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.21%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
11.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-287
    Improper Authentication