CVE-2020-36653

18.01.2023, 08:15

A vulnerability was found in GENI Portal. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file portal/www/portal/error-text.php. The manipulation of the argument error leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218474 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Cross-site Scripting

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	3.5 LOW	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
VulDB	CNA	3.5 LOW				CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVE	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 20%

Vendor	Product	Version
geni	geni-portal	𝑥 < 2020-01-29

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= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References

https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938

https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1822

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218474

https://vuldb.com/?id.218474

https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/commit/c2356cc41260551073bfaa3a94d1ab074f554938

https://github.com/GENI-NSF/geni-portal/pull/1822

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218474

https://vuldb.com/?id.218474