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CVE-2022-23799

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23799 is a critical vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.0, where the JInput component can improperly merge $_REQUEST data into method-specific input bags under certain conditions. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joomla/inputFixed in: 2.0.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-49fj-qp6p-q544critical

Variable Tampering within joomla/input class

Mar 31, 2022

References

developer.joomla.org / security-centre/876-20220307-core-variable-tampering-on-jinput-request-data.html
Vendor Advisory