PT-2020-14594 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Hoang Kien · Published 2020-07-15 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2020-15699

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 missing validation checks on the usergroups table object can result in a broken site configuration.

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

Fix

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-345

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-15699

CVE-2020-15699

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/819-20200702-core-missing-checks-can-lead-to-a-broken-usergroups-table-record.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15699 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-15699 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15699 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5042 · Telegram Post