CVE-2026-48950 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Lack of escaping leads to an XSS vulnerability in the file management view of com_templates.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Joomla! Project

Joomla! CMS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0.0-5.4.6`	affected	—
`6.0.0-6.1.1`	affected	—

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1058-20260704-core-xss-in-com-templates.html

History

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Lack of escaping leads to an XSS vulnerability in the file management view of com_templates.
Title		Joomla! Core - [20260704] - XSS in com_templates
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1058-20260704-core-xss-in-com-templates.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2026-07-07T17:31:46.968Z

Updated: 2026-07-07T18:40:59.395Z

Reserved: 2026-05-26T16:47:13.550Z

Link: CVE-2026-48950

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-07T18:40:55.446Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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