CVE-2021-26038

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26038
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-26038.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-26038
Aliases
Published
2021-07-07T11:15:08.700Z
Modified
2026-07-08T21:26:13.373165Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.27. Install action in cominstaller lack the required hardcoded ACL checks for superusers. A default system is not affected cause the default ACL for cominstaller is limited to super users already.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/joomla/joomla-cms

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
Events
Introduced
d53146a31d303a10b8cc4fa78a6fb16770ae50e7
Last affected
4cf3b7c1559e11cb75be6662511b5d7e4da9c550
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.5.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.9.27"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.0
2.5.1
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
3.*
3.0.0
3.0.0_alpha-1
3.0.0_alpha-2
3.0.0_beta1
3.0.1
3.0.3
3.1.0_beta1
3.1.0_beta2
3.1.0_beta3
3.1.0_beta4
3.1.0_beta5
3.1.1
3.1.5
3.2.0
3.2.0.alpha
3.2.0.beta
3.2.0.rc
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.3.0
3.4.0
3.4.0-beta1
3.4.0-beta2
3.4.0-beta3
3.4.0-rc
3.4.1
3.4.1-rc
3.4.1-rc2
3.4.2
3.4.2-rc
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.4.4-rc
3.4.4-rc2
3.4.5
3.5.0
3.5.0-beta
3.5.0-beta2
3.5.0-beta3
3.5.0-beta4
3.5.0-beta5
3.5.0-rc
3.5.0-rc2
3.5.0-rc4
3.5.1
3.5.1-rc
3.5.1-rc2
3.6.0
3.6.0-alpha
3.6.0-beta1
3.6.0-beta2
3.6.0-rc
3.6.0-rc2
3.6.1
3.6.1-rc1
3.6.1-rc2
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.3-rc1
3.6.3-rc2
3.6.3-rc3
3.7.0
3.7.0-alpha1
3.7.0-beta1
3.7.0-beta2
3.7.0-beta3
3.7.0-beta4
3.7.0-rc1
3.7.0-rc2
3.7.0-rc3
3.7.0-rc4
3.7.1
3.7.1-rc1
3.7.1-rc2
3.7.2
3.7.3
3.7.3-beta1
3.7.3-rc1
3.7.3-rc2
3.7.4-beta1
3.7.4-rc1
3.8.0
3.8.0-beta1
3.8.0-beta2
3.8.0-beta3
3.8.0-beta4
3.8.0-rc1
3.8.1
3.8.1-rc
3.8.10
3.8.11
3.8.11-rc
3.8.12
3.8.12-rc
3.8.2
3.8.2-rc
3.8.3
3.8.3-rc
3.8.4
3.8.4-rc
3.8.4-rc2
3.8.5
3.8.5-rc
3.8.6
3.8.6-rc1
3.8.7
3.8.7-rc
3.8.8
3.8.8-rc
3.8.9
3.8.9-rc
3.9.0
3.9.0-beta
3.9.0-beta2
3.9.0-beta3
3.9.0-beta4
3.9.0-rc
3.9.0-rc2
3.9.1
3.9.1-rc
3.9.10
3.9.11
3.9.11-rc
3.9.12
3.9.12-rc
3.9.13
3.9.13-rc
3.9.13-rc2
3.9.14
3.9.14-rc
3.9.15
3.9.15-rc
3.9.16
3.9.16-rc
3.9.17
3.9.17-rc
3.9.18
3.9.19
3.9.19-rc
3.9.2
3.9.2-rc
3.9.20
3.9.20-rc
3.9.21
3.9.21-rc
3.9.22
3.9.22-rc
3.9.23
3.9.23-rc
3.9.23-rc2
3.9.24
3.9.24-rc
3.9.24-rc2
3.9.25
3.9.25-rc
3.9.26
3.9.26-rc
3.9.27
3.9.27-rc
3.9.3
3.9.3-rc
3.9.4
3.9.4-rc
3.9.5
3.9.5-rc
3.9.6
3.9.6-rc
3.9.6-rc2
3.9.7
3.9.7-rc
3.9.8
3.9.9
3.9.9-rc
Other
issues-241-257

Database specific

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