CVE-2020-35614 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.9.0 through 3.9.22. Improper handling of the username leads to a user enumeration attack vector in the backend login page.

Published: 2020-12-28

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

Joomla! Project

Joomla! CMS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.9.0-3.9.22`	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

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/832-20201105-core-user-enumeration-in-backend-login.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2020-12-28T19:39:18.455Z

Updated: 2026-02-24T05:03:55.573Z

Reserved: 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-35614

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-28T20:15:12.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:42.493

Link: CVE-2020-35614

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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