Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by Joomla

CVE-2026-92232Joomla! Core - [20260916] - Core - XSS filter bypass in InputFilter via whitespace characters in HTML data URIs in Joomla 1.5.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Joomla! Core - [20260916] - Core - XSS filter bypass in InputFilter via whitespace characters in HTML data URIs in Joomla 1.5.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3 - The cleanAttribute method removes HTML data URIs, however injected whitespaces characters could circumvent that cleanup, causing an XSS vector.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS 1.5.0-5.4.86.0.0-6.1.3
Joomla! Project Joomla! Framework Filter package 1.0.0-3.0.64.0.0-4.1.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · 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:P

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