# CVE-2022-27909: Extension - Incorrect Access Control within jdownloads extension

> Remote attackers can view other users' file names by manipulating URL parameters due to missing access controls in the jDownloads extension.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 May 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93hf-mgcv-fqq8

## What is CVE-2022-27909?

CVE-2022-27909 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jDownloads, published on 6 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Joomla component 'jDownloads 3.9.8.2 Stable' the remote user can change some parameters in the address bar and see the names of other users' files

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27909?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jdownloads Jdownloads.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27909?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-27909 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27909 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in jDownloads

- [CVE-2020-19450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19450/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-19451](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19451/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-19455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19455/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-19447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19447/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-10068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10068/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27909 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27909 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jDownloads, published on 6 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27909 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: jDownloads. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27909/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27909/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27909
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27909
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27909

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27909/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.