CVE-2020-15697
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
CVE-2020-15697- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
CVE-2020-15697- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7684 No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7684- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w7c2-4qqr-9227 No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
GHSA-w7c2-4qqr-9227- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
CVE-2020-15697- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-joomla-2020-15697 No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.
- Record
BIT-joomla-2020-15697- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
joomlaBitnami |
3.0.0 to 3.9.19 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Joomla Joomla\!, published July 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.