cve-2023-23752
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-16 16:25
Modified
2025-07-31 16:19
Summary
[20230201] - Core - Improper access check in webservice endpoints
Impacted products
Joomla! ProjectJoomla! CMS
Show details on NVD website


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