What is CVE-2020-1936?

CVE-2020-1936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-1936?

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

XSS in Apache Ambari

CVE-2020-1936

A cross-site scripting issue was found in Apache Ambari Views. This was addressed in Apache Ambari 2.7.4.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-03-02 · 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: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ambari
Apache Software Foundation Ambari — versions Apache Ambari

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/946a9d72e664ad8bc592168d9a2fed88100c6e9f1bdfea08e9… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/02/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1936?: CVE-2020-1936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-1936?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.