What is CVE-2020-23617?

CVE-2020-23617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totolink N100re, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-23617?

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

XSS in Totolink N100re

CVE-2020-23617

A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the error page of Totolink N200RE and N100RE Routers 2.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via SCRIPT element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-02 · 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: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

totolink.net/ (Product)
gist.github.com/fuzzKitty/8ca2587213874e94e5c0aedf346c18b1 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23617?: CVE-2020-23617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totolink N100re, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-23617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.