CVE-2022-23794 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Uploading a file name of an excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the web application.

Published: 2022-03-30

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Joomla! Project

Joomla! CMS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.0-3.10.6 & 4.0.0-4.1.0`	affected	—

Joomla! Project

joomla/filesystem

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0-1.6.1 & 2.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-rc8q-45v8-x6xc	Path Disclosure within joomla/filesystem class

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/871-20220302-core-path-disclosure-within-filesystem-error-messages.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2022-03-30T15:20:24.272Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T05:04:45.863Z

Reserved: 2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23794

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-30T16:15:11.487

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:16.170

Link: CVE-2022-23794

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-209

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