13 July 2026 - 07:33

Category: IT Fail

Oh look, Joomla extensions are broken.

Critical zero-days in Joomla extensions allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Naturally, the advice is to scan directories and apply yet another round of rushed updates.

Oh look, Joomla extensions are broken.

Source: The Hacker News

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Severity: High Mood: Frustrating

Security firm mySites.guru found active zero-day exploitation in Joomla's Balbooa Forms and iCagenda extensions, letting unauthenticated characters run code on our servers because why not. This lovely surprise of file upload flaws means administrators running these popular add-ons get the joy of scanning directories for dodgy PHP files. If we want to desperately cling to safety, we must run to apply the newly released updates before our systems completely roll over. It is just another exhausting Tuesday of chasing fires we did not start.

#joomla #patchlife
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