CVE-2026-48904
Privilege escalation via Joomla com_users webservice endpoint due to improper access check.
Is CVE-2026-48904 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-48904 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-48904?
CVE-2026-48904 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.2. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-48904?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-48904. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-48904 affect?
CVE-2026-48904 affects Joomla CMS - com_users. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-48904?
Patch when available; restrict com_users endpoint access; monitor for abuse.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Allows unauthorized privilege escalation by abusing com_users webservice endpoint to edit user groups.
Patch when possible
- affected4.0.0-5.4.5
- affected6.0.0-6.1.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.