CVE-2020-22428 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.6 Hotfix 3 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via a directory name (entered by an admin) containing a JavaScript payload.

Published: 2021-05-05

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_ftp_server:15.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_mft_server:15.1:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-15189	SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.6 Hotfix 3 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via a directory name (entered by an admin) containing a JavaScript payload.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02923.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/matrix
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-15-1-6-Hotfix-3?language=en_US
https://twitter.com/gm4tr1x
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielegristina

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00879}`	epss `{'score': 0.01609}`

Subscriptions

Solarwinds Serv-u Ftp Server Serv-u Mft Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-05-05T02:42:51.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:51:10.572Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-22428

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-05T03:15:07.187

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:13:16.450

Link: CVE-2020-22428

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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