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Critical · 10.0 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2026-48907 EUVD-2026-34789GHSA-c3f5-4g7f-qjqj

Joomla Extension - joomlacontenteditor.net - Remote Code Execution in JCE extension for Joomla < 2.9.99.5

Published Jun 5, 2026 · Updated Jun 20, 2026 · Assigned by Joomla

Vendor: joomlacontenteditor.net Product: Joomla Content Editor (JCE) extension for Joomla Category: Web / CMS

Description

A vulnerability in the JCE editor extension for Joomla allows the creation of new editor profiles for unauthenticated users, ultimately resulting in PHP code upload and execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
joomlacontenteditor.net Joomla Content Editor (JCE) extension for Joomla 1.0.0-2.9.99.4 —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 23 repositories · most starred shown

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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