What is CVE-2020-20799?

CVE-2020-20799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeecms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-20799?

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

XSS in Jeecms

CVE-2020-20799

JeeCMS 1.0.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the commentText parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-09-30 · 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: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jeecms — versions 1.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/blackjliuyun/cvetest/issues/1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20799?: CVE-2020-20799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeecms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-20799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.