Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure authenticated Joomla admin to malicious page
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ExploitBrowser auto-submits forged category request
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ExecutionRequest executes with admin session
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ImpactUnauthorized category changes applied
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a logged-in Joomla administrator (or user with Phoca Download category-management privileges) to be tricked into visiting attacker-controlled content while their session is active (UI:P), because the affected category-management functions lack adequate anti-CSRF token validation. Affected deployments are Phoca Download versions 3.1.0 through 6.1.5. Limiting factors: the victim must have an active privileged session, must perform the interaction, and the forged action is confined to category management (limited integrity/availability impact, no confidentiality disclosure) - the remote attacker cannot act without the victim's authenticated browser. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, low-priority issue rather than an emergency. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.3 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P and only limited integrity and availability impact (VI:L/VA:L, VC:N) - a classic CSRF (CWE-352) profile where the attacker needs no credentials but a privileged victim must be tricked into acting (UI:P). EPSS is low at 0.21% (12th percentile), the vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV, and no exploit code or PoC reference is present in the input (references point only to the vendor homepage and the NVD advisory). All signals align downward: the vuln.today Decision label is 'this_month' (routine patching, not act_now/emergency), consistent with low EPSS and no known exploitation. The one nuance to flag: PR:N reflects that the remote attacker needs no privileges, but CSRF inherently depends on a logged-in, privileged administrator being socially engineered into triggering the forged request - so real-world exploitation is gated by victim interaction and an active admin session, not raw remote reachability. No key signals conflict; the data consistently indicates a genuine but non-urgent, low-probability issue. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious web page or email link that silently submits a forged category-management request to a Joomla site running Phoca Download. If a logged-in administrator visits that page while their session is active, the browser sends the request with their cookies, causing unwanted category changes (creation, modification, or deletion). No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and success depends on the admin interacting with attacker-controlled content. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Phoca Download for Joomla 3.1.0 through 6.1.5 allows a remote attacker to induce a logged-in administrator or category-management user to submit forged category-management actions, with limited integrity and availability impact and no confidentiality disclosure. The CVSS vector is network-reachable with no attacker privileges, but exploitation depends on a privileged victim's active browser session and interaction; EPSS is 0.21% (12th percentile), no public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and the priority is this_month. This is a moderate, low-priority issue rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the supplied intelligence for Phoca Download 3.1.0 through 6.1.5, so no patched release can be confirmed at time of analysis. Until a fix is published via https://www.phoca.cz/, reduce exposure by restricting Phoca Download category-management privileges to trusted Joomla administrators, keeping privileged backend sessions short and logging out after administration, and avoiding attacker-controlled links or pages while a privileged session is active; these measures lower the chance of a forged request but do not correct the missing anti-CSRF validation. Monitor https://www.phoca.cz/ and https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102787 for a fixed release.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is CWE-352 cross-site request forgery in the Phoca Download extension for Joomla. The available data identifies the affected functionality as category management and states that those functions lack adequate anti-CSRF token validation, allowing an attacker-controlled page to cause a victim's browser to send state-changing requests using the victim's existing Joomla session. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:phoca.cz:phoca_download_extension_for_joomla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the Joomla extension as the affected product; the available sources do not provide a more detailed request sequence beyond the category-management context. Impact is confined to category management, with limited integrity and availability effects and no confidentiality disclosure, and exploitation requires the victim to hold a privileged Joomla session and to interact with attacker-controlled content.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Remote CSRF needs no attacker privileges (PR:N) but requires victim interaction (UI:R); only limited integrity/availability impact on category data, no confidentiality (C:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Joomla).
CVSS VectorVendor: Joomla
DescriptionCVE.org
Joomla Extension - phoca.cz - CSRF in category management in Phoca Download 3.1.0 - 6.1.5
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
EUVD-2026-110646
GHSA-fv3x-82q7-fxc6
NVD
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EPSS
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