CVE-2020-10239

mediumpriority · attend · 46OT risk · highEPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.73% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. Incorrect Access Control in the SQL fieldtype of com_fields allows access for non-superadmin users.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

HoangKien1020/CVE-2020-10239CVE-2020-10239: Incorrect Access Control in com_fields SQL field-RCE- PoCPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
joomla joomla!3.7.0 → 3.9.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami joomla3.7.0 → 3.9.16osvUSpkg:bitnami/joomla

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-joomla-2020-102392025-04-03vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. Incorrect Access Control in the SQL fieldtype of com_fields allows access for non-superadmin users.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-03-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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