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title: "CVE-2026-97164: Joomla Extension svenbluege.de Event Gallery - Arbitrary Path Deletion"
description: "Joomla Extension svenbluege.de Event Gallery < 6.5.0 contains an arbitrary path deletion caused by improper validation of the 'images' parameter in the 'cache.process' task, letting authenticated attackers recursively delete writable directories."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97164/
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# CVE-2026-97164 Joomla Extension svenbluege.de Event Gallery - Arbitrary Path Deletion

Joomla Extension svenbluege.de Event Gallery < 6.5.0 contains an arbitrary path deletion caused by improper validation of the 'images' parameter in the 'cache.process' task, letting authenticated attackers recursively delete writable directories.

CVSS base score 7.0 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97164)

## Details

Type

Arbitrary Path Deletion

Impact

Denial Of Service, Data Tampering

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

27 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 6.5.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97164](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97164)
- [https://www.svenbluege.de/](https://www.svenbluege.de/)

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