CVE-2022-23799 (GCVE-0-2022-23799)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-30 15:20 – Updated: 2026-02-25 05:04
VLAI
Title
[20220307] - Core - Variable Tampering on JInput $_REQUEST data
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Variable Tampering
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/876-… x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.0.0-4.1.0
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Joomla! Project joomla/input Affected: 2.0.0-2.0.1
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Date Public
2022-03-29 00:00
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