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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-73373

On servers that executed these files, that could lead to code execution.

HIGH 8.9EPSS 0.36%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Joomla! Core - [20260810] - Unrestricted uploads of SHTML files in Joomla 1.0.0-5.4.7, 6.0.0-6.1.2 - The default list of dangerous files did not include SHTML files. On servers that executed these files, that could lead to code execution.

CVSS 4.0
8.9 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.36% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-434
Affected
joomla/joomla\!
Source
security@joomla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.