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Balbooa Forms CVE-2026-101112

| EUVDEUVD-2026-89097 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-29 security@joomla.org GHSA-4rr9-73qg-q46x
6.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: joomla
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Load public form page
  2. Delivery
    Obtain valid session token
  3. Exploit
    Enumerate integer attachment IDs
  4. Execution
    Call removeTmpAttachment with target ID
  5. Impact
    Delete other users' attachment row and file

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires only a publicly reachable page using Balbooa Forms below version 2.4.3.4 with the file-attachment upload feature in use, so that temporary attachments exist to target. No authentication and no user interaction are needed: any guest can request a valid Joomla session token for their own session, satisfying the CSRF token check, and then invoke the public removeTmpAttachment action with an arbitrary integer attachment ID. The only real limiter is that impact is confined to deletion of other users' temporary/pending upload records and files (attacker must enumerate valid integer IDs); it does not grant read access or affect fully-committed submissions beyond their temporary attachment state.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes a genuinely remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity flaw requiring no user interaction, which is the worst case for reachability. However, the impact is deliberately narrow: only VI:L (integrity-low) is set, with confidentiality and availability at N, because the flaw only lets an attacker delete other users' temporary form attachments - it does not read data or take down the service. The 6.9 score therefore reflects easy reach against limited impact, not a system-compromise bug. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no evidence of active or automated exploitation - this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The CVSS and description are consistent (both point to unauthenticated network access), so there is no vector/description conflict to flag. Realistically this is a medium-priority data-integrity issue: trivial to trigger but bounded to nuisance-level destruction of transient upload state, not a high-urgency emergency. The classic CWE-639 (IDOR) pattern is confirmed by the description: authentication of the request (via token) succeeds while authorization of the target object is absent.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated visitor loads a public Balbooa Forms page, obtains a valid Joomla session token for their own session, then calls the public removeTmpAttachment action while iterating integer attachment IDs. Because the model never binds the ID to the uploading session, user, form, or field, each request deletes another visitor's pending attachment row and file. No public exploit code is identified, but the attack is a trivial scripted ID-enumeration loop.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 29, 2026

Unauthenticated guests can delete other users' temporary file attachments on Joomla sites running the Balbooa Forms extension below version 2.4.3.4. The public removeTmpAttachment action accepts an integer attachment ID and deletes the matching database row and file; the controller does verify a Joomla session token, but the model never ties that ID to the uploading session, user, form, upload field, or temporary state, so any guest can obtain a token for their own session and then destroy arbitrary pending uploads by enumerating valid integer IDs. Impact is confined to integrity of temporary/pending attachment records and files (CVSS 3.1 C:N/I:L/A:N, no confidentiality or availability effect), and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Balbooa Forms to version 2.4.3.4 or later, which is the first version outside the affected "< 2.4.3.4" range; obtain the updated package and release notes from the vendor at https://www.balbooa.com/ and verify the installed extension version in Joomla's extension manager after updating. Patched versions bind the attachment ID to the owning session/user before deletion, so no further configuration is needed once applied. If immediate upgrade is not possible, remove or unpublish any Balbooa Forms form that uses the file-attachment upload field, which eliminates the temporary attachments this action targets but disables file uploads on those forms entirely; alternatively, block or filter requests to the public removeTmpAttachment task at the WAF/reverse-proxy layer (for example by rejecting requests whose task parameter contains removeTmpAttachment), accepting that this may break legitimate removal of a user's own temporary uploads and requires rule maintenance. Note that CSRF-token hardening and generic 'defense in depth' measures do not mitigate this bug, because the token check is already performed and the gap is object-level authorization; only the patch, disabling the upload feature, or blocking the vulnerable action closes the path.

Affected VersionsENISA

Balbooa Forms extension for Joomla 1.0.0-2.4.3.3

Affected Packages

euvd balbooa_forms_extension_for_joomla no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a textbook CWE-639 authorization bypass through a user-controlled key (IDOR) in the Joomla extension Balbooa Forms. Joomla extensions follow an MVC pattern in which a controller task (here, the publicly reachable removeTmpAttachment action) is responsible for request handling and the model performs the database operation. The controller only validates the Joomla session/CSRF token via the standard token check, which proves the request originated from the caller's own session but says nothing about ownership of the target object; the model's delete then operates on the raw integer attachment ID supplied by the attacker with no predicate binding it to the uploading session, user ID, form instance, upload field, or the temporary/pending state. Because guest sessions can legitimately mint their own valid token, the CSRF control provides no protection against this object-level authorization gap, and integer IDs are trivially enumerable. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N, VI:L) scores 6.9 and confirms a remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity path with no user interaction, while our assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) reflects that the outcome is integrity loss only, limited to temporary attachment data rather than committed submissions.

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Severity by source

Vendor (joomla) PRIMARY 6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated IDOR (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) that deletes other users' attachment records - an integrity impact (I:L), with no read (C:N) and no service-wide outage (A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (joomla).

CVSS VectorVendor: joomla

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Joomla Extension - balbooa.com - Unauthorized Deletion of Attachments in Balbooa Forms < 2.4.3.4 - The public removeTmpAttachment action accepts an integer attachment ID and deletes the matching database row and file. The controller verifies a Joomla session token, but the model does not bind that ID to the session that uploaded the file, the current user, the form, the upload field, or the temporary state. Any guest can obtain a token for their own session, so the token prevents CSRF but does not authorize the target object.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Third-party Joomla forms extension; niche footprint within an already minority CMS
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

34
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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