Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by Joomla

CVE-2026-48900Joomla! Core - [20260516] - Incorrect Access Control in com_scheduler

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Joomla! CMS from Joomla! Project. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An improper access check allowed low privileged users to edit the task types of existing scheduler tasks.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS 4.1.0-5.4.56.0.0-6.1.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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