What is CVE-2020-20908?

CVE-2020-20908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-20908?

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

XSS in Akaunting

CVE-2020-20908

Akaunting v1.3.17 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload in the Company Name input field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-10-25 · 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: 0.006 (47.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Akaunting

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/154691/Akaunting-1.3.17-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20908?: CVE-2020-20908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-20908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.