CVE-2020-4070 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In CSS Validator less than or equal to commit 54d68a1, there is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in handling URIs. A user would have to click on a specifically crafted validator link to trigger it. This has been patched in commit e5c09a9.

Published: 2020-06-22

Score: 4.6 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

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

CSS Validator

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 54d68a1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:w3c:css_validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-25322	In CSS Validator less than or equal to commit 54d68a1, there is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in handling URIs. A user would have to click on a specifically crafted validator link to trigger it. This has been patched in commit e5c09a9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

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 0.00343.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/w3c/css-validator/commit/e5c09a9119167d3064db786d5f00d730b584a53b
https://github.com/w3c/css-validator/security/advisories/GHSA-wf36-7w73-rh8c

History

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Subscriptions

W3c Css Validator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-06-22T15:40:12.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.971Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4070

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-22T16:15:11.963

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:15.050

Link: CVE-2020-4070

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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