CVE-2026-97164 HIGH

CVE-2026-97164: Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Path Traversal in Clear Cache task in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0

Vendor Svenbluege.de

Product Event Gallery for Joomla

Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal

Published September 27, 2026

Last update September 27, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.0/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Authenticated arbitrary path deletion in `clear cache` task in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0 - Using the `images` parameter of the `cache.process` task, you can recursively delete any directories that the web server is authorized to write to.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 27, 2026 CVE published

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97164 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html AskarLabs — CWE-22 write-up Path Traversal

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