Joomla up to 4.3.1 MFA excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Joomla up to 4.3.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MFA. Such manipulation leads to excessive authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-23755. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla up to 4.3.1 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component MFA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 05/30/2023. The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-23755 since 01/17/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/10/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2023 🔍
05/30/2023 +132 days 🔍
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01/10/2025 +590 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23755 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23755
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230252

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2023 21:44
Updated: 01/10/2025 00:08
Changes: 05/30/2023 21:44 (38), 06/24/2023 13:59 (11), 01/10/2025 00:08 (26)
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