CVE-2020-12707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An XSS vulnerability exists in modules/wysiwyg/save.php of LeptonCMS 4.5.0. This can be exploited because the only security measure used against XSS is the stripping of SCRIPT elements. A malicious actor can use HTML event handlers to run JavaScript instead of using SCRIPT elements.

Published: 2020-05-07

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton_cms:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-4995	An XSS vulnerability exists in modules/wysiwyg/save.php of LeptonCMS 4.5.0. This can be exploited because the only security measure used against XSS is the stripping of SCRIPT elements. A malicious actor can use HTML event handlers to run JavaScript instead of using SCRIPT elements.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00711.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/lepton-cms/LEPTON/-/commit/52215f708395a329c9e17ea33bfc6762d4efccbb

History

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Subscriptions

Lepton-cms Lepton Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-05-07T19:09:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.528Z

Reserved: 2020-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-12707

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-07T20:15:12.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:00:07.217

Link: CVE-2020-12707

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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