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CVE-2023-23752: Joomla! Improper Access Control Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2023-23752
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Joomla! contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Joomla!Authentication bypass
What
An improper access control vulnerability allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.
Who is affected
Deployments of Joomla! that have not implemented proper access controls.
Urgency
Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited.
Action
Update Joomla! to the latest version.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-01-08
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23752

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2023-23752coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Joomla! Improper Access

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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