CVE-2020-35611: [20201102] - Core - Disclosure of secrets in Global Configuration page

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

Joomla!: from 2.5.0 through 3.9.22

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/829-20201102-core-disclosure-of-secrets-in-global-configuration-page.html
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/829-20201102-core-disclosure-of-secrets-in-global-configuration-page.html

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