CVE-2023-23755 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.2.0 through 4.3.1. The lack of rate limiting allowed brute force attacks against MFA methods.

Published: 2023-05-30

Score: 7.5 High

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
`4.2.0-4.3.1`	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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27841	An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.2.0 through 4.3.1. The lack of rate limiting allowed brute force attacks against MFA methods.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00005.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/900-20230502-core-bruteforce-prevention-within-the-mfa-screen.html

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2023-05-30T16:12:32.399Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T04:33:30.752Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T19:48:53.503Z

Link: CVE-2023-23755

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:25.708Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T17:15:09.937

Modified: 2025-01-09T22:15:26.053

Link: CVE-2023-23755

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-307

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