CVE-2023-28731

Unauthenticated RCE affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

AnyMailing Joomla Plugin is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution, when being granted access to the campaign's creation on front-office due to unrestricted file upload allowing PHP code to be injected. This issue affects AnyMailing Joomla Plugin Enterprise in versions below 8.3.0.

*Credits: Raphaël Arrouas (Xel), Bug Bounty Switzerland

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-22 CVE Reserved
2023-03-30 CVE Published
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
2025-02-11 CVE Updated
2025-02-11 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CAPEC

CAPEC-242: Code Injection

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.acymailing.com/change-log	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.bugbounty.ch/advisories/CVE-2023-28731	2025-02-11

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Acymailing Search vendor "Acymailing"		Acymailing Search vendor "Acymailing" for product "Acymailing"				< 8.3.0 Search vendor "Acymailing" for product "Acymailing" and version " < 8.3.0"		joomla\!		Affected