What is CVE-2020-24138?

CVE-2020-24138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-24138?

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

Is CVE-2020-24138 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wcms

CVE-2020-24138

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wcms 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script and HTML via the pagename parameter to wex/html.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Wcms — versions 0.3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24138?: CVE-2020-24138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-24138?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24138 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.