PT-2020-14592 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Phil Taylor · Published 2020-07-15 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2020-15697

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 3.9.19 and earlier

Description An issue was discovered where internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 3.9.19 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-15697

CVE-2020-15697

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/821-20200704-core-variable-tampering-via-user-table-class.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15697 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-15697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5040 · Telegram Post