JcdashboardApplication · Joomcode
CVE-2023-40630
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnauthenticated LFI/SSRF in JCDashboards component for Joomla.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe JCDashboards component for Joomla contains critical LFI (Local File Inclusion) and SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) vulnerabilities that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers. LFI allows reading sensitive local files from the server filesystem, while SSRF enables the attacker to make the server perform requests to internal or external resources.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
JcdashboardApplication
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.1.30CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Jcdashboard component is installedCheck for the presence of the Jcdashboard component directory at /components/com_jcdashboard/ or /administrator/components/com_jcdashboard/ on the Joomla filesystemAffected if The component directory exists on the server
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Determine installed Jcdashboard versionInspect the manifest file (typically XML) in the component directory or the main PHP file for version strings; compare against the affected range 1.0.0 to 1.1.30Affected if Installed version falls within >= 1.0.0 and <= 1.1.30
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Check if component is enabledQuery the Joomla database #__extensions table for the Jcdashboard component entry, or check via Joomla admin panel under Components > Jcdashboard if accessibleAffected if Component is published/enabled in the Joomla extension manager
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Identify exposed endpointsReview Joomla access logs and web server logs for requests to /index.php?option=com_jcdashboard or similar Jcdashboard component URLs with suspicious parametersAffected if Unauthenticated access to Jcdashboard component endpoints is observed in logs
A user is affected if Jcdashboard version 1.0.0 through 1.1.30 is installed and the component is enabled, exposing the LFI/SSRF vulnerability to unauthenticated requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataIf a patched version is available, update JCDashboards immediately. If no patch exists, remove or disable the JCDashboards component and review for any exposed sensitive files or internal network access that may have been compromised.
Fix this in Jcdashboard
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-40630 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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