Joomla! 2.5.0 - 3.10.6, 4.0.0 - 4.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.147884");
  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:"2022-03-31 03:41:59 +0000 (Thu, 31 Mar 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-05 12:22:00 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-23795", "CVE-2022-23798");

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

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

  script_name("Joomla! 2.5.0 - 3.10.6, 4.0.0 - 4.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 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-2022-23795: User row are not bound to a authentication mechanism

  - CVE-2022-23798: Inadequate validation of internal URLs");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! version 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 and 4.0.0 through
  4.1.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.10.7, 4.1.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/872-20220303-core-user-row-are-not-bound-to-a-authentication-mechanism.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/875-20220306-core-inadequate-validation-of-internal-urls.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: "2.5.0", test_version2: "3.10.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.10.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0.0", test_version2: "4.1.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.1.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);