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CVE-2026-48944

MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score
6.5 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Description

The K2 frontend article-save handler accepts an `attachment[N][existing]` POST field that is concatenated with `JPATH_SITE/` and passed to `JFile::copy()`. `JPath::clean` does NOT strip `..`, and there is no allow-list of source paths. An Author can therefore copy `configuration.php` (or any other file readable by the web user — including `../../../etc/passwd`) into `/media/k2/attachments/`, then retrieve the contents via the K2 attachment-download endpoint.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-22
Source
NVD
Vendor
getk2.com
Product
K2 extension for Joomla

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