What is CVE-2026-48944?

CVE-2026-48944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getk2.com K2 Extension For Joomla, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-48944?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Getk2.com K2 Extension For Joomla

CVE-2026-48944

The K2 frontend article-save handler accepts an `attachment[N][existing]` POST field that is concatenated with `JPATH_SITE/` and passed to `JFile::copy()`. `JPath::clean` does NOT strip `..`, and there is no allow-list of source paths. An…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Getk2.com K2 Extension For Joomla — versions 1.0-2.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security@joomla.org (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48944?: CVE-2026-48944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getk2.com K2 Extension For Joomla, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-48944?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.