Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2026· Updated Jun 28, 2026
Joomla Extension - getk2.org - Privileged RCE vulnerability in K2 extension for Joomla < 2.26
CVE-2026-48946
Description
The K2 frontend article-attachment upload path accepts files whose extension is .php, and Apache's standard mod_php matches \.php$ and executes them under the K2 web user. A K2 Author can upload a shell.php, then fetch /media/k2/attachments/shell.php and execute arbitrary PHP code in the web server's context.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.getk2.orgmitreproduct
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