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

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 4.x prior to 4.4.13 or 5.x prior to 5.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Improper handling of identifiers lead to a SQL injection vulnerability in the quoteNameStr method of the database package. (CVE-2025-25226)

- Insufficient state checks lead to a vector that allows to bypass 2FA checks. (CVE-2025-25227)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Insufficient state checks lead to a vector that allows to bypass 2FA checks. (CVE-2025-25227)

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.4.13 or 5.0.x prior to 5.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

  - Insufficient state checks lead to a vector that allows to bypass 2FA checks. (CVE-2025-25227)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
114774	Joomla! 4.x < 4.4.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	medium
114773	Joomla! 5.x < 5.2.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	medium
424815	SCA: security update for joomla/joomla-cms (GHSA-6423-85cc-8gf6)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
424815	SCA: security update for joomla/joomla-cms (GHSA-6423-85cc-8gf6)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
234029	Joomla 4.0.x < 4.4.13 / 5.0.x < 5.2.6 Joomla 5.2.6 Security Release (5925-joomla-5-2-6-security-release)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-25227

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

high

high

high