FKIE_CVE-2026-48902

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-26 17:16 - Updated: 2026-05-28 19:28
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The password and username reset features created plain http links for https connections if the "Force SSL" flag wasn't explicitly set.
References
security@joomla.orghttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1050-20260518-core-transport-encryption-downgrade-for-password-and-username-reset-links.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomla joomla\! *
joomla joomla\! *
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