VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-40383
An improper validation of user-supplied input leads to a local file inclusion vulnerability.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 12.5%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An improper validation of user-supplied input leads to a local file inclusion vulnerability.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 12.52% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- security@joomla.org
EPSS moved from 12.5% on 25 October 2026 to 12.5% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.