CVE-2026-92227 (GCVE-0-2026-92227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-29 16:36 – Updated: 2026-09-30 16:21
VLAI
Title
Joomla! Core - [20260914] - Core - MFA Authentication Bypass through rememberme cookies in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3
Summary
Joomla! Core - [20260914] - Core - MFA Authentication Bypass through rememberme cookies in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3 - The premature issuance of an rememberme cookie leads to a MFA bypass vulnerability.
Severity
8.2 (High)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-30 15:11 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.0.0-5.4.8
Affected: 6.0.0-6.1.3
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Credits
Google and Ada Logics Mukul Goyal, Parameter.ai
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