CVE-2023-28732 Missing access control affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

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.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-200, CWE-20

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8j2h-rjqx-hfj6.

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