PT-2022-16270 · Joomla · Joomla!

Loïc Le Métayer · Published 2022-03-30 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2022-23798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 Joomla! versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.0

Description An issue was discovered in Joomla! where inadequate validation of URLs could result in an invalid check of whether a redirect URL is internal or not.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 2.5.0 through 3.10.6, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Joomla! versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.0, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of URL redirects until a patch is available.

Fix

Open Redirect

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-601

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2022-23798

CVE-2022-23798

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2022-23798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/875-20220306-core-inadequate-validation-of-internal-urls.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/39839 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/28453 · Telegram Post