An issue was discovered in Joomla!

published 2020-07-15 6y ago modified 2026-09-08 2mo ago also BIT-joomla-2020-15698 , EUVD-2020-7685

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Inadequate filtering on the system information screen could expose Redis or proxy credentials

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Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	joomla	>=3.0.0, <=3.9.19	no fix listed

References

developer.joomla.org /security-centre/823-20200706-core-system-information-screen-could-expose-redis-or-proxy-credentials.html
vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15698
web

Sources

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