What is CVE-2020-13928?

CVE-2020-13928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Atlas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-13928?

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

XSS in Apache Atlas

CVE-2020-13928

Apache Atlas before 2.1.0 contain a XSS vulnerability. While saving search or rendering elements values are not sanitized correctly and because of that it triggers the XSS vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-09-16 · 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: 0.026 (85.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Atlas
Apache Atlas — versions Apache Atlas 2.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra468036f913be41b0c8fea74f91d53e273b0bfa838a4b140a… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13928?: CVE-2020-13928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Atlas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-13928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.