CVE-2020-35612

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.63% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 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! 2.5.0 through 3.9.22. The folder parameter of mod_random_image lacked input validation, leading to a path traversal vulnerability.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS≤ 2.5.0-3.9.22enisa_euvdEU
joomla joomla!2.5.0 → 3.9.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami joomla2.5.0 → 3.9.22osvUSpkg:bitnami/joomla

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-joomla-2020-35612[20201103] - Core - Path traversal in mod_random_image2025-04-03vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.22. The folder parameter of mod_random_image lacked input validation, leading to a path traversal vulnerability.

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 2020-12-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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