CVE-2020-36692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A reflected XSS via POST vulnerability in report scheduler of Sophos Web Appliance versions older than 4.3.10.4 allows execution of JavaScript code in the victim browser via a malicious form that must be manually submitted by the victim while logged in to SWA.

Published: 2023-04-04

Score: 6.5 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

Sophos

Sophos Web Appliance

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 4.3.10.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-24134	A reflected XSS via POST vulnerability in report scheduler of Sophos Web Appliance versions older than 4.3.10.4 allows execution of JavaScript code in the victim browser via a malicious form that must be manually submitted by the victim while logged in to SWA.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00345.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce

History

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sophos Web Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2023-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-11T14:27:36.848Z

Reserved: 2023-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36692

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:37:05.255Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-04T10:15:07.057

Modified: 2025-02-11T15:15:14.393

Link: CVE-2020-36692

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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