PT-2020-14591 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Phil Taylor · Published 2020-07-15 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2020-15696

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 3.9.20

Description An issue was discovered in Joomla! where lack of input filtering and escaping allows XSS attacks in mod random image.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.20, update to version 3.9.20 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-15696

CVE-2020-15696

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-15696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/822-20200705-core-escape-mod-random-image-link.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15696 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5039 · Telegram Post