CVE-2026-72532

Joomla! Core - [20260805] - Improper ACL checks for category webservice endpoints in Joomla 4.0.0-5.4.7, 6.0.0-6.1.2

State: Published
Severity: 5.1 Medium
Published: Aug 18, 2026
Updated: Aug 19, 2026
Reserved: Aug 10, 2026

Description

Joomla! Core - [20260806] - Improper ACL checks for category 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 categories via webservices endpoints.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.1 Medium	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	Joomla

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Joomla! CMSJoomla! Project	4.0.0-5.4.6Affected 6.0.0-6.1.2Affected

References

https://www.joomla.org/product
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1072-20260805-core-improper-acl-checks-for-category-webservice-endpoints.htmlvendor-advisory

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