CVE-2026-48902 (GCVE-0-2026-48902)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 16:43 – Updated: 2026-06-05 07:28
VLAI?
Title
Joomla! Core - [20260518] - Transport encryption downgrade for password and username reset links
Summary
The password and username reset features created plain http links for https connections if the "Force SSL" flag wasn't explicitly set.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 3.9.0-5.4.5
Affected: 6.0.0-6.1.0
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Credits
@ZeroXJacks, https://github.com/ZeroXJacks
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