CVE-2023-40626 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The language file parsing process could be manipulated to expose environment variables. Environment variables might contain sensible information.

Published: 2023-11-29

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
`1.6.0-4.4.0`	affected	—
`5.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:5.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45182	The language file parsing process could be manipulated to expose environment variables. Environment variables might contain sensible information.

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 0.00031.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/919-20231101-core-exposure-of-environment-variables.html

History

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:15:00 +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: 2023-11-29T12:28:47.787Z

Updated: 2024-12-04T16:10:05.927Z

Reserved: 2023-08-17T19:37:15.600Z

Link: CVE-2023-40626

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:50.992Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-29T13:15:07.123

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:51.003

Link: CVE-2023-40626

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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