CVE-2022-23793 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

Published: 2022-03-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.0-3.10.6 & 4.0.0-4.1.0`	affected	—

Joomla! Project

joomla/archive

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0-1.1.11 & 2.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-1458	An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jm67-jh3g-cg3f	Path Traversal within joomla/archive tar class

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166546/Joomla-4.1.0-Zip-Slip-File-Overwrite-Path-Traversal.html
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/870-20220301-core-zip-slip-within-the-tar-extractor.html

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2022-03-30T15:20:22.462Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T05:04:28.908Z

Reserved: 2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23793

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-30T16:15:11.443

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:16.070

Link: CVE-2022-23793

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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