CVE-2026-78075: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) in joomshaper.com Helix Ultimate extension for Joomla
Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Broken Object-Level Authorization in Blog Image Deletion in Helix Ultimate < 2.2.10 - `Blog::remove_image()` checked whether the user was authorized to edit the article ID passed in the request, but did not verify whether the specified image path (src) belonged to that article. On Joomla 3 builds where physical file deletion was triggered, an author could supply their own article ID alongside an arbitrary file path under the `/images/` directory to delete arbitrary files.
CVE-2026-78075: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) in joomshaper.com Helix Ultimate extension for Joomla
Description
Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Broken Object-Level Authorization in Blog Image Deletion in Helix Ultimate < 2.2.10 - `Blog::remove_image()` checked whether the user was authorized to edit the article ID passed in the request, but did not verify whether the specified image path (src) belonged to that article. On Joomla 3 builds where physical file deletion was triggered, an author could supply their own article ID alongside an arbitrary file path under the `/images/` directory to delete arbitrary files.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.1medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Joomla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-22T14:23:37.801Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a958ab8acd9273b492f0884
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 14:07:52 UTC
Last updated: 09/01/2026, 02:59:10 UTC
Views: 12
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