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CVE-2020-24598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

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.

Affected products

• Joomla!: from 3.0.0 before 3.9.21 — fixed in 3.9.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Joomla! 3.9.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/825-20200802-core-open-redirect-in-com-content-vote-feature
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/825-20200802-core-open-redirect-in-com-content-vote-feature

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