PT-2020-17366 · Joomla · Joomla!

Phil Taylor · Published 2020-12-28 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2020-35614

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 3.9.0 through 3.9.22

Description An issue was discovered that leads to a user enumeration attack vector in the backend login page due to improper handling of the username.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 3.9.0 through 3.9.22, update to a version that fixes the improper handling of the username to prevent user enumeration attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2020-35614

CVE-2020-35614

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2020-35614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35614 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/832-20201105-core-user-enumeration-in-backend-login.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/21362 · Telegram Post