[20201102] - Core - Disclosure of secrets in Global Configuration page
Priority LOW 36CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.22. The globlal configuration page does not remove secrets from the HTML output, disclosing the current values.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01346 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35611
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w64-jvqw-g3qx
References
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Sources
- CVE-2020-35611 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-35611 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w64-jvqw-g3qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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