CVE-2023-28732 Missing access control affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla
Attackers with campaign creation access can exploit path traversal to read sensitive plugin and system files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-28732?
CVE-2023-28732 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla , published on 30 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing access control in AnyMailing Joomla Plugin allows to list and access files containing sensitive information from the plugin itself and access to system files via path traversal, when being granted access to the campaign's creation on front-office.
This issue affects AnyMailing Joomla Plugin in versions below 8.3.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28732?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acymailing Acymailing.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-28732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla
- CVE-2023-28731 Unauthenticated RCE affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla
- CVE-2026-94132 File upload in AcyMailing Enterprise extension for Joomla
- CVE-2026-56292 Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - SQL Injection in AcyMailing extension < 10.11.1
- CVE-2026-94131 Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - Unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion in AcyMailing Enterprise extension < 11.1.0
- CVE-2024-7384 AcyMailing <= 9.7.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via acym_extractArchive Function
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j2h-rjqx-hfj6.