Joomla! 4.0.0 <= 4.2.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:joomla:joomla";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.126324");
  script_version("2026-04-30T06:27:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-30 06:27:06 +0000 (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-02-02 03:10:21 +0000 (Thu, 02 Feb 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-08 20:49:00 +0000 (Wed, 08 Feb 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23750", "CVE-2023-23751");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Joomla! 4.0.0 <= 4.2.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("joomla_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("joomla/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Joomla! is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exit:

  - CVE-2023-23750: A missing token check causes a CSRF vulnerability in the handling of post-installation messages.

  - CVE-2023-23751: A missing ACL check allows non super-admin users to access com_actionlogs.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! version 4.0.0 through 4.2.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.2.7 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/890-20230101-core-csrf-within-post-installation-messages.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/891-20230102-core-missing-acl-checks-for-com-actionlogs.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0.0", test_version2: "4.2.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.2.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);