CVE-2020-22540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Codoforum v4.9, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information via crafted payload to Category name component.

Published: 2024-04-15

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codologic:codoforum:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00202.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/s4fv4n/0d7a5093886cf41d9c478166e4aeec64

History

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Codologic Codologic codoforum
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:codologic:codoforum:4.9:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Codologic Codologic codoforum

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Codologic Codoforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-31T17:27:20.927Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-22540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:51:11.048Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-15T23:15:06.730

Modified: 2025-04-18T16:54:31.657

Link: CVE-2020-22540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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