Medium 5.1Published Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-72532Joomla! Core - [20260805] - Improper ACL checks for category webservice endpoints in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.7, 6.0.0-6.1.2

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

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Joomla! Core - [20260806] - Improper ACL checks for category webservice endpoints in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.7, 6.0.0-6.1.2 - An improper access check allows unauthorized users to create categories via webservices endpoints.

CVSS: 5.1 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Joomla
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS joomla_project:joomla_cms (from the name)	4.0.0-5.4.6; 6.0.0-6.1.2	CNA record
joomla joomla! joomla:joomla!	from 4.0.0 before 5.4.8; from 6.0.0 before 6.1.3	NVD

References

https://www.joomla.org/product
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1072-20260805-core-improper-acl-checks-for-category-webservice-endpoints.htmlvendor-advisory

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