What is CVE-2020-35615?

CVE-2020-35615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2020-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-35615?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2020-35615

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.22. A missing token check in the emailexport feature of com_privacy causes a CSRF vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

developer.joomla.org/security-centre/833-20201106-core-csrf-in-com-privacy-emai… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35615?: CVE-2020-35615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2020-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-35615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.