What the vulnerability does
01Description
The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Group Deletion in versions up to, and including, 5.7.8. This is due to a missing capability check in the joomsport_season_groupdel() AJAX handler, which only verifies a nonce before executing a DELETE query on attacker-supplied group IDs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary JoomSport group records.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
JoomSport versions up to 5.7.8 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to modify data they should not have access to. An attacker with a low-privilege account can change information without the appropriate permissions. The vulnerability affects the Joomla extension and requires an active user account to exploit.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Modify data in JoomSport without proper authorization as a low-privilege user.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Unauthorized users can alter sports league, team, or match data depending on JoomSport configuration.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a valid Joomla user account with low-level privileges.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 1, 2026
CVE published
July 1, 2026
Record updated
