Quantum Secular Labs / Blog / Advisories

CVE-2026-65884: Balbooa Gridbox: Authentication bypass

CVE-2026-65884 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and affects Balbooa Gridbox. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Joomla Extension - balbooa.com - Privilege Escalation in Gridbox < 2.20.2 - The registration method allows users provided usergroup IDs, allowing unauthenticated actors to register new accounts with administrative permissions.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected products

  • Balbooa Gridbox: before 2.20.2

References