What is CVE-2020-10544?

CVE-2020-10544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Primetek Primefaces, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-10544?

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

Is CVE-2020-10544 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Primetek Primefaces

CVE-2020-10544

An XSS issue was discovered in tooltip/tooltip.js in PrimeTek PrimeFaces 7.0.11. In a web application using PrimeFaces, an attacker can provide JavaScript code in an input field whose data is later used as a tooltip title without any input validation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-03-13 · 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: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Primetek Primefaces — versions 7.0.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rdomanski/Exploits_

References

github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/5642 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10544?: CVE-2020-10544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Primetek Primefaces, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-10544?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10544 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.