PT-2023-7562 · Joomla · Joomla!

Published 2023-11-29 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2023-40626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the language file parsing process, which could be manipulated to expose environment variables. These environment variables might contain sensitive information. The vulnerability is associated with a lack of protection for service data in the Joomla content management system, potentially allowing a remote attacker to access confidential data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Improper Access Control

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-266

CWE-284

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08617

BIT-JOOMLA-2023-40626

CVE-2023-40626

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/TLWebdesign/Joomla-3.10.12-languagehelper-hotfix · Exploit
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/919-20231101-core-exposure-of-environment-variables.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2023-40626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40626 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08617 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/fridaysecurity/status/1731504446343888937 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1731918101837496524 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/62333 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/Komodosec/status/1731507640537362916 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40626 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/61441 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/mysitesguru/status/1730246471591612664 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/moton/status/1731699341449125986 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1731503420056699259 · Twitter Post