What is CVE-2024-40749?

CVE-2024-40749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-40749?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2024-40749

Improper Access Controls allows access to protected views.

Published 2025-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
Joomla! Project Cms — versions 3.9.0-3.10.19, 4.0.0-4.4.9, 5.0.0-5.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

developer.joomla.org/security-centre/956-20250103-core-read-acl-violation-in-mu… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40749?: CVE-2024-40749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-40749?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.