Joomla Extension - jreviews.com - Secret configs cached in a web-accessible in JReviews 1.0.0-5.12.0, 6.0.0-6.6.9
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 30/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
JReviews, a Joomla extension from jreviews.com, is affected in versions from 1.0.0 through 5.12.0 and from 6.0.0 through 6.6.9. Its cache file stores the Joomla global configuration secret and third-party API keys and secrets in a web-accessible location, so an attacker can read them remotely, without logging in, by requesting the file directly if they know its name.
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Joomla Extension - jreviews.com - Secret configs cached in a web-accessible in JReviews 1.0.0-5.12.0, 6.0.0-6.6.9 - JReviews caches its full settings table, including the Joomla global configuration secret (copied into cms_secret) and third-party API keys and secrets, to a serialized file under components/com_s2framework/tmp/cache/core/ inside the web root. The file has no PHP guard and the directory has no .htaccess, so anyone who knows the file name can read it without authentication.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity8.2/10CVSS 8.2
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 75 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 70 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 35 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- com_jreviews
6.0.0-6.6.9, 1.0.0-5.12.0
Evidence 1
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-118494
Is CVE-2026-118494 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118494?
com_jreviews: versions 6.0.0-6.6.9, 1.0.0-5.12.0.Source: cve.now feed data