Vulnerability in Joomgalleryfriends.net Joomgallery Extension For Joomla

CVE-2026-66916

Joomla Extension - joomgalleryfriends.net - Password-Protected Category Bypass via JSON Format in JoomGallery < 4.4.0- An unauthenticated access control bypass exists in JoomGallery's category JSON view. When a gallery category is protected with a password, the HTML view correctly enforces the password gate - but the JSON view ( format=json ) skips this check entirely.

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EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-66916: held from 0.005 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-66916?
CVE-2026-66916 is a vulnerability in Joomgalleryfriends.net Joomgallery Extension For Joomla, classified under Improper Access Control. Published 2026-08-22.
Is CVE-2026-66916 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.