QID 154115

Date Published: 2022-05-27

QID 154115: Joomla! Core Open Redirect Vulnerability (CVE-2022-23798)

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system for publishing web content on websites.

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 and 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not.

QID Detection Logic:(Unauthenticated)
This QID checks for vulnerable version of Joomla installed on the target.

Successful exploitation could allow attackers to trick a user into visiting a specially crafted link which would redirect them to an arbitrary malicious external URL.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to install latest Joomla version.
    For more information visit Joomla security advisory [20220306].

    CVEs related to QID 154115

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    20220306 URL Logo developer.joomla.org/security-centre/875-20220306-core-inadequate-validation-of-internal-urls.html