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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10946

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The "refresh list of helpsites" endpoint of com_users lacks access checks, allowing calls from unauthenticated users.

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CVE-2019-10946
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1 Nov 2026, 08:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10946

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Apr 2019, 19:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The "refresh list of helpsites" endpoint of com_users lacks access checks, allowing calls from unauthenticated users.

osv:CVE-2019-10946
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.5. The \"refresh list of helpsites\" endpoint of com_users lacks access checks, allowing calls from unauthenticated users.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10946",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.676410611Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/778-20190402-core-helpsites-refresh-endpoint-callable-for-unauthenticated-users"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440823,
  "published_at": "2019-04-10T19:29:00.773+00:00"
}