What is CVE-2020-14973?

CVE-2020-14973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtareas_project Webtareas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-14973?

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

Is CVE-2020-14973 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webtareas_project Webtareas

CVE-2020-14973

The loginForm within the general/login.php webpage in webTareas 2.0p8 suffers from a Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the query string.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Webtareas_project Webtareas — versions 2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14973?: CVE-2020-14973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtareas_project Webtareas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-14973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14973 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.