What is CVE-2020-24598?

CVE-2020-24598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-24598?

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

Open Redirect in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2020-24598

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.21. Lack of input validation in the vote feature of com_content leads to an open redirect.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.010 (59.3th 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-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24598?: CVE-2020-24598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-24598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.