What is CVE-2020-15788?

CVE-2020-15788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-15788?

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

Is CVE-2020-15788 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient

CVE-2020-15788

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion Subversion Webclient (All versions). The Polarion subversion web application does not filter user input in a way that prevents Cross-Site Scripting. If a user is enticed into passing specially crafted, malicious input to the web client (e.g. by clicking on a malicious URL with embedded JavaScript), then JavaScript code can be returned and may then be executed by the user’s client. Various actions could be triggered by running malicious JavaScript code.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th 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

Siemens Polarion_subversion_webclient
Siemens Ag Polarion Subversion Webclient — versions All versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

productcert@siemens.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15788?: CVE-2020-15788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-15788?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15788 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.