CVE-2023-23752 (GCVE-0-2023-23752)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 16:25 – Updated: 2026-02-26 05:05
VLAI
Title
[20230201] - Core - Improper access check in webservice endpoints
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7. An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-24 20:52 UTC
CWE
  • ACL
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.0.0-4.2.7
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joomla joomla\! Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.2.7 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2023-02-16 16:00
Credits
Zewei Zhang from NSFOCUS TIANJI Lab
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