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CVE-2026-48946

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.3 Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-06-28

Description

The K2 frontend article-attachment upload path accepts files whose extension is `.php`, and Apache's standard mod_php matches `\.php$` and executes them under the K2 web user. A K2 Author can upload a `shell.php`, then fetch `/media/k2/attachments/shell.php` and execute arbitrary PHP code in the web server's context.

Affected Platforms

Joomlaworks K2

Weakness Type

CWE-434

References