CVE-2026-90906

Joomla! Core - [20260901] - XSS in HTMLHelper::link method in Joomla 1.5.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3

State: Published
Severity: 5.9 Medium
Published: Sep 29, 2026
Updated: Sep 30, 2026
Reserved: Sep 14, 2026

Description

Joomla! Core - [20260901] - XSS in HTMLHelper::link method in Joomla 1.5.0-5.4.8, 6.0.0-6.1.3 - Lack of escaping leads to XSS vulnerabilities in the link method of the HTML Helper.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.9 Medium	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	Joomla

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Joomla! CMSJoomla! Project	1.5.0-5.4.8Affected 6.0.0-6.1.3Affected

References

https://www.joomla.org/product
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1081-20260901-core-xss-in-htmlhelper-link-method.htmlvendor-advisory

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