CVE-2026-40384: Joomla!

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper validation of the search parameter of the com_media files API endpoint leads to a path traversal vulnerability.

Affected products

• Joomla! Joomla!: from 4.0.0, before 5.4.6 (fixed in 5.4.6); from 6.0.0, before 6.1.1 (fixed in 6.1.1)

Published 2026-05-26. Last modified 2026-07-24.