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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2022-23795 json

[20220303] - Core - User row are not bound to a authentication mechanism

published 4y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-joomla-2022-23795 , EUVD-2022-28729

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account takeover.

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Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami joomla
>=2.5.0, <=3.10.6
>=4.0.0, <=4.1.0
no fix listed

Affected products

  • Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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