What is CVE-2020-17372?

CVE-2020-17372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sugarcrm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-17372?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Sugarcrm

CVE-2020-17372

SugarCRM before 10.1.0 (Q3 2020) allows XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% 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

Sugarcrm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/ (Vendor Advisory)
support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2020-025 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2020-026 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/7 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158847/SugarCRM-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17372?: CVE-2020-17372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sugarcrm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-17372?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.