CVE-2021-26040

mediumpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.94% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0. The media manager does not correctly check the user's permissions before executing a file deletion command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

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Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-joomla-2021-26040[20210801] - Core - Insufficient access control for com_media deletion endpoint2025-04-03vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0. The media manager does not correctly check the user's permissions before executing a file deletion command.

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published 2021-08-24modified 2026-06-17

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