{"id":"CVE-2021-26040","details":"An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0. The media manager does not correctly check the user's permissions before executing a file deletion command.","aliases":["BIT-joomla-2021-26040"],"modified":"2026-07-09T01:30:22.089478Z","published":"2021-08-24T15:15:06.910Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/861-20210801-core-insufficient-access-control-for-com-media-deletion-endpoint"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms","events":[{"introduced":"5f20de27b9640124ba185670a36ec40ebc9ec3f9"},{"last_affected":"5f20de27b9640124ba185670a36ec40ebc9ec3f9"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"4.0.0-NA"},{"last_affected":"4.0.0-NA"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["4.0.0-NA","4.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-26040.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"}]}