CVE-2020-10243 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. The lack of type casting of a variable in a SQL statement leads to a SQL injection vulnerability in the Featured Articles frontend menutype.

Published: 2020-03-16

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-2698	An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. The lack of type casting of a variable in a SQL statement leads to a SQL injection vulnerability in the Featured Articles frontend menutype.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/807-20200306-core-sql-injection-in-featured-articles-menu-parameters

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-03-16T15:50:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:58:40.238Z

Reserved: 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-10243

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-16T16:15:13.517

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:47:33.223

Link: CVE-2020-10243

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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