# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8j2h-rjqx-hfj6

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28732?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28731/): Unauthenticated RCE affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-94132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94132/): File upload in AcyMailing Enterprise extension for Joomla (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2026-56292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56292/): Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - SQL Injection in AcyMailing extension < 10.11.1 (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2026-94131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94131/): Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - Unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion in AcyMailing Enterprise extension < 11.1.0 (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-7384](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7384/): AcyMailing <= 9.7.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via acym_extractArchive Function (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28732 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla . No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28732/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28732/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28732
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28732
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28732

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28732/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.