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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-24599

Lack of escaping in mod_latestactions allows XSS attacks.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.00%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.21. Lack of escaping in mod_latestactions allows XSS attacks.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.00% probability · 63th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
joomla/joomla\!
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.00%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.