CVE-2023-23755 (GCVE-0-2023-23755)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-30 16:12 – Updated: 2025-01-10 04:33
VLAI?
Title
[20230502] - Core - Bruteforce prevention within the mfa screen
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.2.0 through 4.3.1. The lack of rate limiting allowed brute force attacks against MFA methods.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Lack of rate limiting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.2.0-4.3.1
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Credits
Phil Taylor
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