CVE-2026-48901 (GCVE-0-2026-48901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 16:42 – Updated: 2026-06-05 07:27
VLAI
Title
Joomla! Core - [20260517] - Incorrect Cache Key Construction for InputFilter objects
Summary
The InputFilter::getInstance() method omitted a security sensitive parameter from the instance cache key.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-524 - Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.0.0-5.4.5
Affected: 6.0.0-6.1.0
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Credits
@ZeroXJacks, https://github.com/ZeroXJacks
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