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Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-26040

CVE-2021-26040

Description

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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Affected products

4

Joomla/Joomla!3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =4.0.0
- (no CPE)range: 4.0.0
osv-coords
pkg:bitnami/joomla
Range: >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.0

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References

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developer.joomla.org/security-centre/861-20210801-core-insufficient-access-control-for-com-media-deletion-endpointnvdVendor Advisory

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