CVE-2020-13761

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2020-13761 · Published 02/06/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-13761 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 63.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.9.19 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 3.0.0≥ 3.0.1, < 3.9.19`	`3.9.19`

Description

In Joomla! before 3.9.19, lack of input validation in the heading tag option of the "Articles - Newsflash" and "Articles - Categories" modules allows XSS.

References

developer.joomla.org/security-centre/813-20200601-core-xss-in-modules-heading-tag-option · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 3.0.0≥ 3.0.1, < 3.9.19

3.9.19

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