CVE-2026-48951 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Lack of escaping leads to XSS vulnerabilities in modalreturn layouts of various components.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1059-20260705-core-xss-in-various-modalreturn-layouts.html

History

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Lack of escaping leads to XSS vulnerabilities in modalreturn layouts of various components.
Title		Joomla! Core - [20260705] - XSS in various modalreturn layouts
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1059-20260705-core-xss-in-various-modalreturn-layouts.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.9, '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:U'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2026-07-07T17:30:24.904Z

Updated: 2026-07-07T18:53:49.443Z

Reserved: 2026-05-26T16:47:13.550Z

Link: CVE-2026-48951

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-07T18:53:46.535Z

NVD

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