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CVE-2023-23755 is an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in Joomla! versions 4.2.0 through 4.3.1. MFA methods lack rate limiting, allowing repeated brute-force attempts against those methods.
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This repository is a standalone Go-based Joomla credential attack toolkit named joombrute, not tied to a larger exploit framework. It is a real exploit repository with multiple offensive modules targeting Joomla 3/4/5 authentication and pre-auth disclosure weaknesses. The main CLI entry point is cmd/joombrute/main.go with Cobra-based subcommands defined under cmd/joombrute/*. Core logic is split into internal packages: internal/joomla handles target normalization, login form parsing, version detection, and login outcome classification; internal/brute implements concurrent admin login bruteforce with per-worker cookie jars and retry/backoff logic; internal/recon implements CVE-2023-23752 unauthenticated API harvesting; internal/mfa implements both CVE-2023-23755 TOTP brute force and CVE-2025-25227 MFA bypass probing; internal/httpx provides HTTP client/session/proxy plumbing; internal/output provides console and JSONL reporting. Primary capabilities: (1) detect fingerprints Joomla versions using /administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml, frontend generator meta tags, and admin markup; (2) enum exploits CVE-2023-23752 against /api/index.php/v1/users?public=true and /api/index.php/v1/config/application?public=true to disclose usernames, DB credentials, SMTP credentials, and app secret; (3) brute performs concurrent credential attacks against /administrator/ using parsed CSRF token names and session cookies, classifying outcomes as success, invalid, blocked, or mfa-required; (4) mfa-brute exploits CVE-2023-23755 by exhausting 6-digit TOTP codes against the captive MFA validation flow; (5) mfa-bypass probes CVE-2025-25227 by replaying a half-authenticated session against bypass candidate com_users views/tasks such as view=methods; and (6) chain automates detect -> enum -> brute -> MFA bypass pivot. The exploit is operational rather than just a PoC because it includes working attack logic, concurrency controls, retry handling, proxy/TLS options, structured output, and an end-to-end chain mode. It does not deliver a traditional shell payload; instead, its payload is authenticated HTTP interaction intended to obtain admin access or disclose secrets. The repository also includes a full lab environment under lab/ with Docker Compose, installer scripts, MFA seeding PHP, and TOTP helper code for reproducible testing against Joomla 3.10, 4.2.7, and 5.x. Test fixtures and unit/integration tests under testdata/ and internal/*_test.go validate parsing and exploit behavior. Overall purpose: automate Joomla reconnaissance and credential/MFA attacks across multiple CVEs and versions, with emphasis on admin access acquisition and post-password MFA defeat.
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