Joomla up to 4.2.6 Post-Installation Message cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Joomla up to 4.2.6 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Post-Installation Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/02/2023. The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-23750 since 01/17/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/01/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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  • open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2023 CVE reserved
02/02/2023 +16 days Advisory disclosed
02/02/2023 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/01/2023 +27 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23750 (🔒)

Entryinfo

Created: 02/02/2023 08:34 AM
Updated: 03/01/2023 03:36 PM
Changes: 02/02/2023 08:34 AM (38), 03/01/2023 03:36 PM (11)
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