CVE-2023-39970

Extension - acymailing.com - RCE in AcyMailing component for Joomla 6.7.0-8.5.0

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Published Aug 17, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in AcyMailing component for Joomla. It allows remote code execution.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Datasolution

AcyMailing component for Joomla

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.7.0-8.5.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acyba:acymailing_starter:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43663	Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in AcyMailing component for Joomla. It allows remote code execution.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.053% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/acymailing-starter/

History

Oct 7, 2024 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Acyba Acymailing Starter

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 12, 2026, 6:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Joomla
Published: Aug 17, 2023, 8:06 PM
Updated: Nov 12, 2026, 6:07 PM
Reserved: Aug 7, 2023, 4:52 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:18 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:18 PM

NVD Updated: Nov 12, 2026, 7:16 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 17, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Nov 12, 2026, 7:16 PM

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