QID 730964

Date Published: 2023-11-01

QID 730964: Joomla Information Disclosure Vulnerability (20230201)

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. It uses object oriented programming techniques and is built on a model-view-controller web application framework. It includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization.

CVE-2023-23752: An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

Affected Version:
Joomla! CMS versions from 4.0.0 to 4.2.7

Fixed Version:
Upgrade to version 4.2.8

QID Detection Logic(Unauthenticated):
This QID sends a HTTP GET request to access vulnerable webservice endpoint and based on the response confirms if the target application is vulnerable. This QID also checks for the Vulnerable version of Joomla.

Successful exploitation may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access sensitive information regarding the target application configuration.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released a patch in Joomla version 4.2.8 or later to remediate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

20230201 - developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

CVEs related to QID 730964

CVE-2023-23752 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
20230201			developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

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