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Joomla! information disclosure - CVE-2023-23752 exploit

Joomla! < 4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosure

Exploit for CVE-2023-23752 (4.0.0 <= Joomla <= 4.2.7).

[EDB-51334] [PacketStorm] [WLB-TODO]

Usage

Example

Requirements

• httpx
• docopt.rb
• paint

Example using gem:

gem install httpx docopt paint
# or
bundle install

Deployment of a vulnerable environment

v4.2.7

docker-compose up --build

Then reach the installation page http://127.0.0.1:4242/installation/index.php.

Complete the installation (db credentials are root / MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD (cf. docker-compose.yml) and host is mysql not localhost).

Warning: of course this setup is not suited for production usage!

References

This is an exploit for the vulnerability CVE-2023-23752 found by Zewei Zhang from NSFOCUS TIANJI Lab.

Nice resources about the vulnerability:

• Discoverer advisory
• Joomla Advisory
• AttackerKB topic
• Vulnerability analysis
• Nuclei template

For more details see exploit.rb.

Disclaimer

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