What is CVE-2020-0872?

CVE-2020-0872 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Application Inspector, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-0872?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

XSS in Microsoft Application Inspector

CVE-2020-0872

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Application Inspector version v1.0.23 or earlier when the tool reflects example code snippets from third-party source files into its HTML output, aka 'Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Application Inspector'.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Application Inspector — versions unspecified
Microsoft Application_inspector

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0872?: CVE-2020-0872 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Application Inspector, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-0872?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.