What is CVE-2020-10461?

CVE-2020-10461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chadhaajay Phpkb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-10461?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-10461 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Chadhaajay Phpkb

CVE-2020-10461

The way comments in article.php (vulnerable function in include/functions-article.php) are handled in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to execute Stored (Blind) XSS (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML) in admin/manage-comments.php, via the GET parameter cmt.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Chadhaajay Phpkb — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-10461

References

antoniocannito.it/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
antoniocannito.it/phpkb1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10461?: CVE-2020-10461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chadhaajay Phpkb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-10461?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10461 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.