CVE-2023-23752

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.998 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 51 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

99.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2024-01-08remediate by 2024-01-29

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Joomla! Improper Access Control Vulnerability

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7. An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

exploits (51)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-51334Joomla! v4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosurefunctional · exploit_db
auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_api_improper_access_checksJoomla API Improper Access Checksfunctional · metasploit
0xNahim/CVE-2023-237520xNahim/CVE-2023-23752PoC · poc_in_github
0xWhoami35/CVE-2023-237520xWhoami35/CVE-2023-23752PoC · poc_in_github
0xx01/CVE-2023-23752A simple bash script to exploit Joomla! < 4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosurePoC · poc_in_github
Acceis/exploit-CVE-2023-23752Joomla! < 4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosurePoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS≤ 4.0.0-4.2.7enisa_euvdEU
GNU General Public License Joomla!4.0.0 → 4.2.7fstec_bduRU
joomla joomla!4.0.0 → 4.2.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami joomla4.0.0 → 4.2.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/joomla

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0417Joomla: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-02-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Joomla ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-joomla-2023-23752[20230201] - Core - Improper access check in webservice endpoints2025-04-03vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7. An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-16modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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