Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-48902

critical

CVE-2026-48902

Joomla! Core - [20260518] - Transport encryption downgrade for password and username reset links

Published Modified CWE 319
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

Bitnami9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by Bitnami.

Description

The password and username reset features created plain http links for https connections if the "Force SSL" flag wasn't explicitly set.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
bitnami::Bitnami Vulnerability Databasejoomla5.4.6, 6.1.1

References

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