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Unknown
CVE-2023-23755
[20230502] - Core - Bruteforce prevention within the mfa screen
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.2.0 through 4.3.1. The lack of rate limiting allowed brute force attacks against MFA methods.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Phil Taylor
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.0-4.3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 30th, 2023
Last Modified:
January 10th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.