CVE-2022-23798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 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.

Published: 2022-03-30

Score: 6.1 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
`2.5.0-3.10.6 & 4.0.0-4.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2022-28732	An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/875-20220306-core-inadequate-validation-of-internal-urls.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2022-03-30T15:20:30.757Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T05:05:59.509Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-23798

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-30T16:15:11.657

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:16.550

Link: CVE-2022-23798

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-601

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