What is CVE-2022-23793?

CVE-2022-23793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-23793?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2022-23793

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
Joomla! Project Joomla/archive — versions 1.0.0-1.1.11 & 2.0.0
Joomla! Project Cms — versions 3.0.0-3.10.6 & 4.0.0-4.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

developer.joomla.org/security-centre/870-20220301-core-zip-slip-within-the-tar-… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/166546/Joomla-4.1.0-Zip-Slip-File-Overwrite-Path-… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23793?: CVE-2022-23793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-23793?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.