CVE-2023-23750 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.6. A missing token check causes a CSRF vulnerability in the handling of post-installation messages.

Published: 2023-02-01

Score: 6.3 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

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0.0-4.2.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00007.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/890-20230101-core-csrf-within-post-installation-messages.html

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2023-02-01T21:12:36.067Z

Updated: 2025-03-29T04:35:17.502Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T19:02:50.302Z

Link: CVE-2023-23750

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:25.786Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-01T22:15:09.000

Modified: 2025-03-26T19:15:23.400

Link: CVE-2023-23750

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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