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Joomla API Improper Access Checks

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Joomla API Improper Access Checks

Disclosed
02/01/2023
Created
04/21/2023

Description

Joomla versions between 4.0.0 and 4.2.7, inclusive, contain an improper API access vulnerability. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated users access to webservice endpoints which contain sensitive information. Specifically for this module we exploit the users and config/application endpoints. This module was tested against Joomla 4.2.7 running on Docker.

Author(s)

  • h00die
  • Tianji Lab

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_api_improper_access_checks
msf auxiliary(joomla_api_improper_access_checks) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(joomla_api_improper_access_checks) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(joomla_api_improper_access_checks) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(joomla_api_improper_access_checks) > run

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