The Helix3 plugin for Joomla exposes an ajax handler task, that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, write arbitrary JSON files and update template parameters.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Public exploits 8
- 6ickzone/Helix3-Mass-Exploiter PoC on GitHub
- Dr-D25/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
- ExDev994/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
- Jenderal92/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
- MataKucing-OFC/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
- frada321/asdsadsadasdasdsadsad PoC on GitHub
- shinthink/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
- theendofabbys/CVE-2026-49049 PoC on GitHub
Each line links to the index that lists it, never to exploit code. Exploit-DB's "verified" and a Metasploit rank of good or better count as verified; a PoC-in-GitHub entry is a repository's claim.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · ollyoNVD modified 2026-10-25 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:ollyo:helix3:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*
References 1
- https://www.joomshaper.com/ Product