CVE-2023-23755 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00004.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Joomla	Joomla\!

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27841	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/900-20230502-core-bruteforce-prevention-within-the-mfa-screen.html

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2023-05-30T16:12:32.399Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T04:33:30.752Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T19:48:53.503Z

Link: CVE-2023-23755

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:25.708Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T17:15:09.937

Modified: 2025-01-09T22:15:26.053

Link: CVE-2023-23755

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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