Missing access control affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla

published 2023-03-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32370

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing access control in AnyMailing Joomla Plugin allows to list and access files containing sensitive information from the plugin itself and access to system files via path traversal, when being granted access to the campaign's creation on front-office.

This issue affects AnyMailing Joomla Plugin in versions below 8.3.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

acymailing acymailing 8.3.0

github.com/acyba/acymailing/releases/tag/v8.3.0 release

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-11)

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

acymailing.com /change-log/
release-notes
github.com /acyba/acymailing/releases/tag/v8.3.0
release-notes
bugbounty.ch /advisories/CVE-2023-28732
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28732
NVD CVE-2023-28732

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Summary