PT-2020-14595 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Bui Duc Anh Khoa · Published 2020-07-15 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2020-15700

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Description A missing token check in the "ajax install" endpoint of com installer causes a CSRF issue.

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

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-15700

CVE-2020-15700

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15700 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/818-20200701-core-csrf-in-com-installer-ajax-install-endpoint.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-15700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5043 · Telegram Post