What is CVE-2020-23184?

CVE-2020-23184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-23184?

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

XSS in Php-Fusion

CVE-2020-23184

A stored cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /administration/settings_registration.php of PHP-Fusion 9.03.60 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the "Registration" field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-07-02 · 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: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Php-Fusion — versions 9.03.60

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/phpfusion/PHPFusion/issues/2323 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23184?: CVE-2020-23184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-23184?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.