CVE-2022-23799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data.

Published: 2022-03-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

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
`4.0.0-4.1.0`	affected	—

Joomla! Project

joomla/input

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.0-2.0.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-49fj-qp6p-q544	Variable Tampering within joomla/input class

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/876-20220307-core-variable-tampering-on-jinput-request-data.html

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2022-03-30T15:20:32.231Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T05:04:43.297Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-23799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-30T16:15:11.700

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:49:16.650

Link: CVE-2022-23799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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