What is CVE-2020-19887?

CVE-2020-19887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dbhcms Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-19887?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-19887 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Dbhcms Project

CVE-2020-19887

DBHcms v1.2.0 has a stored XSS vulnerability as there is no htmlspecialchars function for '$_POST['pageparam_insert_description']' variable in dbhcms\mod\mod.page.edit.php line 227, A remote authenticated with admin user can exploit this vulnerability to hijack other users.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-08-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dbhcms Project — versions 1.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fragrant10/cve

References

github.com/fragrant10/cve/tree/master/dbhcms1.2.0 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-19887?: CVE-2020-19887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dbhcms Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-19887?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-19887 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.