What is CVE-2020-35611?

CVE-2020-35611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-35611?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2020-35611

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2020-12-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
Joomla! Project Cms — versions 2.5.0-3.9.22

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

developer.joomla.org/security-centre/829-20201102-core-disclosure-of-secrets-in… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35611?: CVE-2020-35611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-35611?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.