What is CVE-2020-10242?

CVE-2020-10242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-10242?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2020-10242

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. Inadequate handling of CSS selectors in the Protostar and Beez3 JavaScript allows XSS attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10242?: CVE-2020-10242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-10242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.