THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-10238
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-10238

Joomla\! vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.6%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. Various actions in com_templates lack the required ACL checks, leading to various potential attack vectors.
Affected vendor
Joomla
Affected product
Joomla\!
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Published
2020-03-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-10238

  • Confirm whether Joomla Joomla\! is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-10238.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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