PT-2020-11999 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Sam Thomas · CVE-2020-10243 · Published 2020-03-16 · Updated 2025-04-03

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 3.9.16

Description The issue is related to a SQL injection vulnerability due to the lack of type casting of a variable in a SQL statement. This vulnerability affects the Featured Articles frontend menutype.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.16, update to version 3.9.16 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Featured Articles frontend menutype until the update is applied.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-10243

CVE-2020-10243

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10243 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/807-20200306-core-sql-injection-in-featured-articles-menu-parameters · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-10243 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10243 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1757 · Telegram Post