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CVE-2023-23755 (GCVE-0-2023-23755)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-30 16:12 – Updated: 2026-08-12 13:54
VLAI
Title
[20230502] - Core - Bruteforce prevention within the mfa screen
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-09 21:32 UTC
CWE
  • Lack of rate limiting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.2.0-4.3.1
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Date Public
2023-05-28 16:00
Credits
Phil Taylor, mysites.guru
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