CVE-2026-48954

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-07. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Improper validation leads to a generic XSS vector in the language override feature.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
16%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

[20260708] - Core - XSS through language overrides

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1062-20260708-core-xss-through-language-overrides.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48954(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 57× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 139 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-23 18:46 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48954?
CVE-2026-48954 is a medium vulnerability published on July 7, 2026. Improper validation leads to a generic XSS vector in the language override feature.
When was CVE-2026-48954 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48954 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48954 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48954 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 84.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48954?
CVE-2026-48954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48954?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48954, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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