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SP Page Builder EUVDEUVD-2026-57217

| CVE-2026-67287 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-12 Joomla GHSA-43q2-pmmj-8ph8
6.3
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
    Identify SP Page Builder site with guest commenting disabled
  2. Exploit
    Craft HTTP request overriding comment-permission parameter
  3. Execution
    Submit unauthenticated comment to target page
  4. Impact
    Comment persists, bypassing access control policy

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the target Joomla site has SP Page Builder installed at a version below 6.8.0 AND that the site administrator has explicitly disabled guest commenting within SP Page Builder's settings. Sites where guest commenting is already enabled are not meaningfully affected, as the attacker's action (posting a comment) would be permitted by policy regardless. No authentication is required; the attack is network-reachable and requires no user interaction. The limiting factor is the specific deployment configuration: only instances where the admin attempted to restrict public comment creation are vulnerable to bypass - a self-selecting population of more security-conscious deployments.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) scores 6.3, reflecting a moderate, network-reachable, unauthenticated integrity violation with attack condition AT:P - meaning exploitation specifically targets instances where guest commenting has been explicitly disabled by the administrator. This is a meaningful real-world constraint: sites with guest commenting enabled are not affected, limiting the exploitable surface to those instances that attempted to harden their comment policy. The impact is limited to low-integrity writes (comment spam or unwanted content injection), with no confidentiality or availability effect. No EPSS data, KEV listing, or public proof-of-concept was provided, placing this in a lower-urgency tier despite network reachability. The primary business risk is content integrity degradation and potential spam/abuse vectors on sites with comment moderation disabled, not system compromise.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated remote attacker identifies a Joomla site running SP Page Builder with guest commenting disabled - a configuration intended to restrict public comments. By crafting an HTTP request that includes a user-supplied parameter overriding the disabled-commenting control, the attacker posts comments to pages without any authentication, bypassing the administrator's access policy. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified at time of analysis, but the vulnerability class (parameter override of a boolean access control) is straightforward to exploit once discovered.

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 – Aug 12, 2026

Unauthenticated comment creation in SP Page Builder for Joomla (versions prior to 6.8.0) allows remote attackers to bypass the disabled guest commenting restriction by supplying crafted user input that overrides the server-side access control setting. The vulnerability stems from improper access control (CWE-284), where a client-influenced parameter can override a site administrator's explicit configuration decision to disable public commenting. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 reflects limited integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability consequence.

RemediationAI

Upgrade SP Page Builder to version 6.8.0 or later, which resolves the improper access control by enforcing the guest commenting restriction server-side regardless of user-supplied input. The vendor advisory and download are available at https://www.joomshaper.com/page-builder. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, a compensating control is to enable comment moderation or review queuing within the extension (if available), so that any comments injected via this bypass are not publicly visible until approved. Alternatively, disabling the commenting feature entirely in SP Page Builder removes the attack surface. There is no evidence that WAF-level blocking of specific parameters is effective without knowing the exact parameter name exploited, so patching remains the authoritative fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

SP Page Builder extension for Joomla 1.0.0-6.7.1

Affected Packages

euvd sp_page_builder_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

SP Page Builder is a commercial Joomla CMS extension developed by joomshaper.com (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:joomshaper.com:sp_page_builder_extension_for_joomla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) that provides drag-and-drop page building and content features including a commenting subsystem. The root cause is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control): the extension fails to authoritatively enforce the 'guest commenting disabled' configuration on the server side, instead trusting or accepting a user-supplied value that can override it. This is a classic server-side trust boundary failure - the access control decision is not validated or enforced exclusively in server-controlled state, enabling a remote unauthenticated actor to inject comments that the system's own configuration is meant to prohibit.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Joomla) PRIMARY 6.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable, no privileges or interaction needed; only low integrity impact on the vulnerable system with no confidentiality or availability effect.

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:P/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
Present
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 - joomshaper.com - Unauthenticated comment creation in SP Page Builder < 6.8.0 - An unauthenticated attacker can create comments on instances with disabled guest commenting by overriding the setting in question with user supplied input.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular commercial page builder for Joomla, a mid-tier CMS platform
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
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
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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