{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including joomla. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72531 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade joomla to a fixed version for your release line: 5.4.8 or 6.1.3.","what":"CVE-2026-72531 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\\!, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72531 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72531 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\\!, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72531 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- joomla (Bitnami): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 5.4.8, 6.1.3\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72531/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72531","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72531/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72531","record":{"aliases":["BIT-joomla-2026-72531","GHSA-cmwh-3gg6-hvmv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Joomla CMS","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Unauthorized users can create custom fields for inaccessible components due to improper ACL checks in Joomla webservice endpoints.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Joomla","cpe":[{"product":"joomla\\!","vendor":"joomla"}],"cvss":{"score":5.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"Joomla! Core - [20260804] - Improper ACL checks for custom fields 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 fields for inaccessible components.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Missing authorization in Joomla! CMS","id":"CVE-2026-72531","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"joomla:joomla\\!","products":["joomla:joomla\\!"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Joomla! Core - [20260805] - Improper ACL checks for category webservice endpoints in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.7, 6.0.0-6.1.2","id":"CVE-2026-72532"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["5.4.8","6.1.3"],"introduced":["4.0.0","6.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"joomla","purl":"pkg:bitnami/joomla","source":"BIT-joomla-2026-72531"}],"prev":{"headline":"TrueConf Server Code Injection","id":"CVE-2026-72530"},"products":["Joomla! CMS"],"published":"2026-08-18","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"PHPMailer Command Injection","id":"CVE-2016-10033","kev_date_added":"2025-07-07","published":"2016-12-30"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Joomla! Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2023-23752","kev_date_added":"2024-01-08","published":"2023-02-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Joomla! Core - [20260518] - Transport encryption downgrade for password and username reset links","id":"CVE-2026-48902","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"[20250401] - Joomla Framework - SQL injection vulnerability in quoteNameStr method of Database package","id":"CVE-2025-25226","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-04-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"[20220303] - Core - User row are not bound to a authentication mechanism","id":"CVE-2022-23795","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"[20220305] - Core - Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids","id":"CVE-2022-23797","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"[20220307] - Core - Variable Tampering on JInput $_REQUEST data","id":"CVE-2022-23799","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-30"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-19","vendors":["Joomla! Project"]},"summary":"Unauthorized users can create custom fields for inaccessible components due to improper ACL checks in Joomla webservice endpoints.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72531/"}