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CVE-2023-23752

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23752 is an improper access check vulnerability in Joomla! versions 4.0.0 through 4.2.7, allowing unauthorized access to webservice endpoints. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei templates, and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, < 4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jan 8, 2024
Metasploit: Joomla API Improper Access Checks · Feb 1, 2023
Nuclei: CVE-2023-23752 · Feb 17, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-51334 · Apr 8, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9983 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
developer.joomla.org / security-centre/894-20230201-core-improper-access-check-in-webservice-endpoints.html
Vendor Advisory