CVE-2026-97164

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Assigned by CNA: joomla

Published 2026-09-27 · Modified 2026-09-27

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

7.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

VIR risk

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Description

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Authenticated arbitrary path deletion in `clear cache` task in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0 - Using the `images` parameter of the `cache.process` task, you can recursively delete any directories that the web server is authorized to write to.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://www.svenbluege.de/

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.