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01 Record

CVE-2020-10243

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 78.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-03-16 15:50Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 10:58Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-03-09
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bf552d02b72a747ea18a78d42eef9b8d9e15488ea6345e0f5d97e3c28b83b272

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
joomlajoomla!Not specified—

06 References